Instead of Flowers, Choose Action!

Mothers around the world are uniting to build awareness around climate change issues and demand that U.S. Congress pay attention! This Mother's Day Weekend, May 9-11, 1Sky (a WDACC partner) is organizing a bold art project to demonstrate why climate change means so much right now - especially for future generations.

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WEDO Celebrates Board Member Nafis Sadik

WEDO congratulates and celebrates Board member Dr. Nafis Sadik on being named a Feminist Majority Foundation’s Eleanor Roosevelt Award winner for Global Women's Rights.  Considered a pioneer in the field of reproductive health and rights and improving women's lives, Dr. Sadik served as Executive Director of UNFPA and as the Secretary-General of the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994, where she advanced the idea of women’s health and equality being directly tied to larger economic and social development. Read more here!

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Gender & Governance Program Coordinator Speaks on Gender Equity

Program Coordinator Colette Tamko spoke at the Inter-Parliamentary Union earlier this year on The Role of Parliaments in Financing for Gender Equality.  She said, "Unless women are adequately represented in government and politics, the international community will not meet its commitment to eradicate poverty and to achive gender equality by 2015." Read the IPU summary here!

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