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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.
Media Advisory: GGCA to Hold Arts Events at COP 15
New York, November 24–To raise awareness that gender equality and women’s leadership are central to an effective global climate change agreement, the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) launches world-class performing arts events on gender and climate change at the Copenhagen Talks. Read the full media advisory below to get the details: GGCA COP 15 [...]
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Case Study: Gender and Climate Change in Nepal
This study was conducted by Brigitte Leduc, Senior Gender Specialist of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), with Arun Shrestha, ICIMOD Climate Change Specialist, and Basundhara Bhattarai, ICIMOD Gender Specialist. It was commissioned by WEDO as an input into its Gender and Climate Change Workshop in Dakar, Senegal, in June 2008, and in [...]
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Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Bangladesh
Commissioned by WEDO, a case study conducted by consultants Khurshid Alam, Naureen Fatema and Wahida Bashar Ahmed for ActionAid Bangladesh. It gives an overview of the climate change situation in Bangladesh and reveals the implications for women’s livelihood security and gender equality. The vulnerability of women in Bangladesh is discussed in terms of how they [...]
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Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Senegal
Commissioned by WEDO, a Case Study conducted by Yacine Diagne Gueye of ENDA (Environmental Development Action in the Third World) in Senegal. It gives an overview of the climate change situation in Senegal and draws out the implications for women’s livelihood, security and gender equality. The situation of women in Senegal is also discussed in [...]
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Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Ghana
Commissioned by WEDO, a Case Study conducted by Rose Mensah-Kutin from ABANTU for Development in Ghana. It provides an overview of climate change in Ghana and draws out implications for women’s livelihood security and gender equality. The situation of women in Ghana is also discussed in terms of how they manage to cope with continued [...]
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