WEDO is a steering committee member of the Corporate Accountability Working Group of the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), a collaborative initiative of groups and individuals from around the world working to secure economic and social justice through human rights.
WEDO is a founding member of the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development (WWG), along with the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) , Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), GCAP Feminist Taskforce, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and WIDE-Globalizing for Gender Equality.
WEDO partnered with the World Conservation Union ( IUCN) and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) to convene a Training of Trainers (ToT) on gender and climate change immediately preceding the December 2008 UN Climate Change meeting in Poznan, Poland. The ToT was followed by a delegates training, which included representatives from some 40 countries. In 2009 WEDO will work with IUCN and GGCA on a series of trainings in five regions. Stay tuned!
WEDO has big plans for the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This involves presenting lessons learned and best practices from our national advocacy initiatives, including our campaign From Katrina to Copenhagen: Women Demand U.S. Action on Climate Change.
Out of Oxfam Great Britain came the amazing film, Sisters on the Planet, which tells Women’s stories of climate change from around the world; now there’s a U.S. version, too, as well as one from Australia! WEDO uses this film to raise awareness.
WEDO was chosen to be featured as a “Take Action” in the Women, Power and Politics online exhibition at the International Museum of Women. Visit the online community that inspires individuals and organizations from more than 200 countries to start conversations and take action around the issues that affect women and our world.
Recent WEDO Worldwide News
Partner In Focus: Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia, Mexico
Friday, March 1st, 2013
MEXICO (March 1, 2013)– An interview with WEDO partner and colleague, Emilia Reyes, Director of Gender Policies and Budgets at Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia, Mexico
Q: Please describe your organization’s work and the work you have been doing with your organization and other orgs/stakeholders in Mexico as well as in international policy.
A: Equidad de Género is a civil society organization devoted to promoting gender equality and women’s rights. It has three main tracks: …
President Obama Signs New Directive to Strengthen our Work to Advance Gender Equality Worldwide
Friday, February 1st, 2013
NEW YORK (February 1, 2013)- Earlier this week, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum to strengthen and expand U.S. government capacity and coordination across all agencies to better promote gender equality and empower women and girls. Below, White House Officials Valerie Jarrett and Samantha Power highlight the importance of this action and continued leadership on promoting gender equality.
President Obama Signs New Directive to Strengthen our Work to Advance Gender Equality Worldwide
by Valerie Jarrett and …
President Obama: The Time is Now to Tackle the Climate Challenge
Monday, January 7th, 2013
NEW YORK (January 7, 2013)–In a letter released today, WEDO joined nearly 70 national and regional organizations to thank President Obama for repeatedly raising the threat of climate change and to highlight specific actions he can take after his second inauguration to promote a truly healthy planet for our families and our future. As reiterated in WEDO’s piece on Hurricane Sandy, climate change is happening now, it is our new normal. Failure to take leadership on this issue is …
Women Making the Case for U.S. Action on Climate Change
Monday, August 27th, 2012
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (August 27 2012)- The direct and indirect effects of climate change continue to have a disproportionate impact on marginalized women, including refugee and displaced persons, sexual minorities, religious and ethnic minorities, adolescent girls, women and girls with disabilities and those who are HIV positive… our goal is to empower women who are particularly vulnerable to climate change and to encourage a more gender-sensitive approach in climate change policy- U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Mapping gender-sensitive REDD+ strategies in Ghana, Cameroon, and Uganda
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
NEW YORK (January 4, 2012)– Over the course of several months in 2011, WEDO worked in Ghana, Cameroon and Uganda to create a dialogue around women, climate change and forestry. Project Coordinator Andrea Quesada lead and facilitated workshops on gender and REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) as part of a new initiative that WEDO and IUCN are jointly implementing to deliver roadmaps to guide the design and implementation of gender-sensitive REDD+ strategies …
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