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In Ghana, WEDO partners with Abantu for Development who authored the Ghana study as part of Gender, Climate Change and Human Security Report.
In Kenya, WEDO partners with the African Women Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) to engage governments and Women’s groups in the effort to create a UN Women’s entity. FEMNET is the GEAR Campaign focal point for Africa.
WEDO will partner with Women Direct in Kenya on capacity building for women politicians through training, advocacy and lobbying in 2009.
In Namibia, WEDO collaborates with Sister Namibia to promote Women’s leadership in decision making. Sister Namibia, with its partners, launched a successful 50/50 Campaign in Namibia.
In Nigeria, WEDO collaborates with Baobab for Women’s Human Rights on Women’s political participation and on the GEAR Campaign.
WEDO works closely with COWAN in Nigeria on Women’s political participation and leadership in decision making. WEDO and COWAN are collaborating to disseminate the lessons learned from WEDO’s research on women candidates and campaign finance.
In Senegal, WEDO partners with Conseil des Femmes Senegalaises (COSEF) on UN Reform and Women’s political leadership projects.
In Senegal, WEDO partners with Environmental Action in the Third World (ENDA), on a Gender & Climate Change Caravan, with support from the New Field Foundation ENDA also authored the Senegal case study as part of Gender, Climate Change and Human Security Report.
WEDO, together with UNFPA and with support from Global Fund for Women (GFW) hosted a Gender and Climate Change Workshop for partners last June, in Dakar, Senegal.Read the Final Report here!
WEDO works closely with ECOWATCH Africa, in Uganda, to continue raising awareness in the region on gender and climate change.
In South Africa, WEDO partners with Gender Links on Women’s political participation and leadership and to raise awareness about the under representation of African women in decision-making spheres.
WEDO participated in the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)11th International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2008. Two sessions organized by WEDO–The United Nations as a Legitimate Place for Women Organizing: Challenges and Lessons and Climate Change in Africa: Why Women’s Leadership is Critical–attracted a large number of attendees.
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Mapping gender-sensitive REDD+ strategies in Ghana, Cameroon, and Uganda
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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Climate Conversations – “Property Can’t Own Property”
Women in Cameroon have developed a vision for a gender-sensitive approach for their country’s nascent Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme.
They have put together a roadmap to ensure that women are involved in the formulation of Cameroon’s national REDD+ strategy.
The premise is that women should be given equal opportunities to learn about REDD+ initiatives, and their capacity strengthened so they can influence, participate in and benefit from the programme. The roadmap will be presented at the U.N. Climate Convention in Durban in December.
Policymakers often wrongly assume that women are involved in decisions about the management of natural resources. In Cameroon, for example, women are often excluded from both formal and informal decision-making processes.
Gender and REDD+ Roadmaps on the Road to Durban
From Ghana to Uganda, WEDO is leading the way in creating a dialogue around women and forestry. Over the course of the last month, WEDO Project Coordinator Andrea Quesada has been traveling around West Africa, leading and facilitating workshops on gender and REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation). The workshops are part of a new initiative that WEDO and IUCN are jointly implementing which will deliver roadmaps to guide the design and implementation of gender-sensitive REDD+ strategies in Ghana, Cameroon and Uganda.
Report: Gender and Climate Adaptation Tools for Community-Level Action in Nigeria
Prepared by the Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team’s (NEST) as a part of the Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC) Project, the new publication “Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Community-Level Action in Nigeria” presents a gender-sensitive approach to climate change adaptation in Nigeria, a country whose people are experiencing and reacting to changes in rainfall patterns, storm surges, and increased heat.
Gender, Climate Change & Human Security:Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal
Commissioned by the Greek chairmanship (2007-2008) of the Human Security Network, this study “Gender, Climate Change & Human Security: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal” explores the interlinkages between gender, climate change and human security. Authors: Irene Dankelman, Khurshid Alam, Wahida Bashar Ahmed, Yacine Diagne Gueye, Naureen Fatema and Rose Mensah-Kutin. (2008)
