WEDO http://www.wedo.org Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:25:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Join WEDO in urging UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint women to the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (Update) http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/join-wedo-in-urging-un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-to-appoint-women-to-the-high-level-advisory-group-on-climate-change-financing http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/join-wedo-in-urging-un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-to-appoint-women-to-the-high-level-advisory-group-on-climate-change-financing#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:07 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4052 New York, March 10 — In response to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s recent appointment of an all-male High Level Advisory Board on Climate Change Financing, we have written the attached open letter expressing the need for women to be on the high level board.  We invite you to add your organization’s name to the letter.

If you would like to sign your organization to this letter please send the name of your organization to rachel [at] wedo [dot] org by noon Friday 12 March.  We look forward to presenting this letter to SG Ban Ki-moon before the end of CSW.…

]]> New York, March 10 — In response to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s recent appointment of an all-male High Level Advisory Board on Climate Change Financing, we have written the attached open letter expressing the need for women to be on the high level board.  We invite you to add your organization’s name to the letter.

If you would like to sign your organization to this letter please send the name of your organization to rachel [at] wedo [dot] org by noon Friday 12 March.  We look forward to presenting this letter to SG Ban Ki-moon before the end of CSW.

View the letter here.

Please forward this letter to others in your network who would be interested in signing. Also, if you are still at CSW, please continue your advocacy efforts with country delegations to encourage them to pressure SG Ban Ki-moon to respond to the call for inclusion of women on the High Level Advisory Board.

In addition, please find a list of qualified women for the panel. Please note that by signing the letter you are not endorsing the listed women; the list is a signal that many qualified women from around the world can be considered for inclusion in an equitable group. If you have suggestions of more women to include as candidates for the high level advisory board, please send their names and affiliations to rachel [at] wedo [dot] org by noon Friday 12 March.

View the list of potential candidates here.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/join-wedo-in-urging-un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-to-appoint-women-to-the-high-level-advisory-group-on-climate-change-financing/feed 0 International Women’s Day: IUCN honors WEDO’s Cate Owren and other women leaders in climate change solutions http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/international-womens-day-iucn-honors-wedos-cate-owren-and-other-women-leaders-in-climate-change-solutions http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/international-womens-day-iucn-honors-wedos-cate-owren-and-other-women-leaders-in-climate-change-solutions#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:01:12 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=4033 New York, March 8 — Today, on the occasion of 2010 International Women’s Day (March 8), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honors leaders who are at the forefront of women’s empowerment in climate change solutions. Cate Owren, WEDO’s Program Director, is among the honorees. It is a privilege for WEDO to be honored alongside such a remarkable group of women, all of whom are partners and allies of WEDO in the work for a just, equitable and gender-responsive solution to climate change.

Visit IUCN’s website for more details: www.iucn.org

For the text of IUCN’s press release…

]]> New York, March 8 — Today, on the occasion of 2010 International Women’s Day (March 8), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honors leaders who are at the forefront of women’s empowerment in climate change solutions. Cate Owren, WEDO’s Program Director, is among the honorees. It is a privilege for WEDO to be honored alongside such a remarkable group of women, all of whom are partners and allies of WEDO in the work for a just, equitable and gender-responsive solution to climate change.

Visit IUCN’s website for more details: www.iucn.org

For the text of IUCN’s press release with descriptions of each honoree, click here.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/international-womens-day-iucn-honors-wedos-cate-owren-and-other-women-leaders-in-climate-change-solutions/feed 0 U.N. Women’s Agency Remains Politically Paralysed http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/u-n-womens-agency-remains-politically-paralysed http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/u-n-womens-agency-remains-politically-paralysed#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:26:43 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=4043 New York, March 5 — A longstanding proposal for the much awaited reform of the UN Gender Equality Architecture (GEAR) is moving at a slower pace than many women gathered at CSW-54 had hoped. Civil society and women’s groups cannot wait any longer and call on Member states to establish the promised women’s agency now. Read more here about what Colette Tamko at WEDO (Co-facilitator of the Global GEAR Campaign) has to say on the subject.

]]> New York, March 5 — A longstanding proposal for the much awaited reform of the UN Gender Equality Architecture (GEAR) is moving at a slower pace than many women gathered at CSW-54 had hoped. Civil society and women’s groups cannot wait any longer and call on Member states to establish the promised women’s agency now. Read more here about what Colette Tamko at WEDO (Co-facilitator of the Global GEAR Campaign) has to say on the subject.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/u-n-womens-agency-remains-politically-paralysed/feed 0 WEDO Events at CSW 54 http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/wedo-events-at-csw-54 http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/wedo-events-at-csw-54#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:30:47 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4028 New York, March 3 – WEDO representatives are speaking at a number of events throughout the two weeks of the Commission on the Status of Women. We look forward to seeing you there!

WEDO events at CSW54

]]> New York, March 3 – WEDO representatives are speaking at a number of events throughout the two weeks of the Commission on the Status of Women. We look forward to seeing you there!

WEDO events at CSW54

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/news/wedo-events-at-csw-54/feed 0 GEAR Campaign Launches Spoof Newspaper http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-campaign-launches-spoof-newspaper http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-campaign-launches-spoof-newspaper#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:13:51 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4021 New York, March 1 — The GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign for the new women’s entity at the UN has produced a spoof newspaper, The New Times for Women, to promote the campaign’s vision for the new ’super agency’. The Europe Working Group led the project, launched at the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting, and will be distributing thousands of copies at the UN during CSW this week. The paper’s editor Anna Elomäki said, “With this newspaper we want to raise awareness and call for immediate political action by governments and the UN…

]]> New York, March 1 — The GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign for the new women’s entity at the UN has produced a spoof newspaper, The New Times for Women, to promote the campaign’s vision for the new ’super agency’. The Europe Working Group led the project, launched at the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting, and will be distributing thousands of copies at the UN during CSW this week. The paper’s editor Anna Elomäki said, “With this newspaper we want to raise awareness and call for immediate political action by governments and the UN Secretary-General.”

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-campaign-launches-spoof-newspaper/feed 0 Campaigners call for urgent action to launch the new UN women’s agency http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/campaigners-call-for-urgent-action-to-launch-the-new-un-womens-agency http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/campaigners-call-for-urgent-action-to-launch-the-new-un-womens-agency#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:57:54 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4009 New York, March 1 — Women’s rights and anti-poverty organizations gathered in New York ahead of the annual meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women called on governments to deliver on past promises to create a UN-led women agency. Following years of discussions and pressure from activists, governments agreed in September 2009 to create a new women’s agency. Since then, no concrete actions have been taken, campaigners say, such as the appointment of a high-profile person to lead the agency or a timetable on when it will be put in place.

To read the full press…

]]> New York, March 1 — Women’s rights and anti-poverty organizations gathered in New York ahead of the annual meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women called on governments to deliver on past promises to create a UN-led women agency. Following years of discussions and pressure from activists, governments agreed in September 2009 to create a new women’s agency. Since then, no concrete actions have been taken, campaigners say, such as the appointment of a high-profile person to lead the agency or a timetable on when it will be put in place.

To read the full press release, Signed but not sealed, women’s rights activists tell UN, click here.

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/campaigners-call-for-urgent-action-to-launch-the-new-un-womens-agency/feed 0 A Gender Perspective on COP-15 Climate Negotiations http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/a-gender-perspective-on-cop-15-climate-negotiations http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/a-gender-perspective-on-cop-15-climate-negotiations#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:16:09 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=4003 New York, March 1 — WEDO has produced a short document providing a gender perspective on the outcomes of the December 2009 UNFCCC global climate negotiations in Copenhagen. The document briefly describes the process leading up to COP-15, the meeting itself, the outcome documents and the way forward in 2010. WEDO will continue its advocacy work throughout this year to ensure a gender-responsive global climate framework.

WEDO’s Gender Perspective on COP-15 (pdf document)

]]> New York, March 1 — WEDO has produced a short document providing a gender perspective on the outcomes of the December 2009 UNFCCC global climate negotiations in Copenhagen. The document briefly describes the process leading up to COP-15, the meeting itself, the outcome documents and the way forward in 2010. WEDO will continue its advocacy work throughout this year to ensure a gender-responsive global climate framework.

WEDO’s Gender Perspective on COP-15 (pdf document)

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/a-gender-perspective-on-cop-15-climate-negotiations/feed 0 Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women + WEDO Events http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/guide-to-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/guide-to-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:40:48 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=3985 New York, March 1 — What is the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)? What is its history and its organizational structure? WEDO has prepared an introductory guide to the CSW, including the role of NGOs, how WEDO participates, and what we hope to accomplish at this year’s CSW54. Additionally, there is a comprehensive list of all WEDO’s activities in the upcoming two weeks.

Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women

WEDO Events at CSW 54

]]> New York, March 1 — What is the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)? What is its history and its organizational structure? WEDO has prepared an introductory guide to the CSW, including the role of NGOs, how WEDO participates, and what we hope to accomplish at this year’s CSW54. Additionally, there is a comprehensive list of all WEDO’s activities in the upcoming two weeks.

Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women

WEDO Events at CSW 54

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/campaigns/climatechange/guide-to-the-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women/feed 0 GEAR up with WEDO at the CSW! http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-up-with-wedo-at-the-csw http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-up-with-wedo-at-the-csw#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:57:18 +0000 anna http://www.wedo.org/?p=3978 New York, February 26 — WEDO is ready to GEAR up at the CSW54! Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator at WEDO, is a leading member of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign. This campaign is working to ensure that the UN will soon have a new Women’s entity, with a clear mandate, oversight of UN gender equality activities and ambitious funding. For more information, click on the links below to see the PDF files:

Gear Campaign Statement, March 2010

Campaign Signatories as of February, 2010

Campaign Response to Secretary General’s Report

]]> http://www.wedo.org/learn/library/media-type/pdf/gear-up-with-wedo-at-the-csw/feed 0 Webcast of Global Forum for Women – Beijing+15 on Feb 27 & 28 http://www.wedo.org/learn/webcast-of-global-forum-for-women-beijing15-on-feb-27-28 http://www.wedo.org/learn/webcast-of-global-forum-for-women-beijing15-on-feb-27-28#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:10:16 +0000 eleanor http://www.wedo.org/?p=3966 New York, February 26 — The NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York is excited to announce that select events of the Global Forum for Women–Beijing Plus 15 will be webcast live on February 27 and 28 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time-US). The program features a keynote address by Dr. Sima Samar from Afghanistan as well as panelists Patricia Licuanan, Charlotte Bunch, Nyaradzai Gombubsvana, and Cai Yi Ping. The cultural events include Kinding Sindaw, a colorful dance troupe celebrating the Filipino oral history of women and a reading by Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Lynn Nottage.…

]]> New York, February 26 — The NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York is excited to announce that select events of the Global Forum for Women–Beijing Plus 15 will be webcast live on February 27 and 28 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time-US). The program features a keynote address by Dr. Sima Samar from Afghanistan as well as panelists Patricia Licuanan, Charlotte Bunch, Nyaradzai Gombubsvana, and Cai Yi Ping. The cultural events include Kinding Sindaw, a colorful dance troupe celebrating the Filipino oral history of women and a reading by Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Lynn Nottage.

For complete program and webcast links see the NGO Committee on the Status of Women website.

Webcast links will also be found on February 27 and 28  at the Salvation Army of Greater New York website.

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