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WEDO partnered with ActionAid Bangladesh in 2008 to produce a country case study on gender and climate change. Read it here, as part of our study, Gender, Climate Change and Human Security!
In Nepal, WEDO works with the South Asia Campaign for Gender Equality (SACGE/SAATHAI), a GEAR Campaign focal point, to gain support for a new Women’s entity at the UN.
In Nepal, WEDO has been working with ICIMOD and Sancharika Samuha to raise awareness about the gendered dimensions of climate change; coming soon, the Nepal study to find ICIMOD’s groundbreaking country case study on Nepal, commissioned by WEDO as part of our national advocacy project
In the Philippines, WEDO works with the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, the GEAR Campaign focal point for that region, to mobilize support for a new Women’s entity at the UN.
In the Philippines, WEDO partnered with Athena Peralta on the case study Gender and Climate Change Finance: A Case Study from the Philippines which was launched at the UN Climate Change in December 2008 in Poznan, Poland.
WEDO works with the Center for Women in Asia Pacific Politics (CAPWIP)to promote women in decision-making positions. In October 2008, WEDO partnered with CAPWIP on the Third Global Congress on Women in Politics in the Philippines, helping to draft the outcome document on gender and climate change entitled the Manila Declaration. Gender, Climate Change and Human Security!
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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Socorro L. Reyes, “Linking Women’s Groups and Elected Women”
Socorro Reyes, Asia-Pacific and Arab States, UNIFEM, outlined the mechanisms and processes to link women’s groups and elected women. Socorro L. Reyes, “Linking Women’s Groups and Elected Women” (Word .doc)
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Vietnam, “Women in Politics in Vietnam”
The Vietnam report was jointly prepared by GenComNet and AA Viet Nam, two organizations promoting women’s representation in politics especially in the election of the national assemblies taking place in 2007. Vietnam, “Women in Politics in Vietnam” (Word .doc)
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Ranjana Kumari, “Political Representation of Women in South Asia”
Ranjana Kumari of Centre for Social Research in India reported on numbers in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan as well as India in her presentation, “Political Representations of Women of South Asia”
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