Women and Gender Constituency on Gender, Adaptation, and REDD+

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Bonn, Germany, June 17th 2011– Today, WEDO’s Rachel Harris delivered an intervention on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency at the UNFCCC.

“Despite clear evidence of the gender differentiated impacts of climate change, especially in developing countries, vulnerability assessments and adaptation studies do not reflect such differentiation and thus limit the efficiency of such analyses for appropriate gender sensitive adaptation measures. The review of the guidelines could provide several opportunities for countries to do …

Tags: Civil Society Participation, Climate Change, UNFCCC
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UN Women: New Toolkit on Civil Society Engagement

Monday, December 6th, 2010

New York, New York– The GEAR Campaign is proud to launch a ”TRANSITIONAL TOOLKIT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS“, with recommendations on how civil society can engage with UN Women.

Created on July 2, 2010, UN Women is the result of years of advocacy by civil society. The new entity combines the mandates of the four existing UN structures for women into one new, higher level UN organization with both policy and operational functions.

The GEAR Campaign, …

Tags: Civil Society Participation, GEAR Campaign, UN Women
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Enhancing Engagement of Civil Society within the UNFCCC Process

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

New York — At the COP15 in Copenhagen, civil society participation in the UNFCCC process was severely limited by a great lack of transparency and organizational preparation. Many organizations, including WEDO and the other members of the Women and Gender Constituency called out for a review of the process to ensure that these mistakes will not be repeated in the future.

Tags: Civil Society Participation, UN Reform, UNFCCC
Posted in Civil Society Participation, Library, News, UNFCCC |

Preparing for the 2010 MDG Summit

Friday, August 20th, 2010

New York, August 20, 2010- From September 20th-22nd (Monday to Wednesday), the United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals will be held at UN Headquarters in New York.

Tags: Civil Society Participation, Global Governance, MDGs
Posted in Library, MDGs, News |

Women and Gender Constituency Active at Bonn Climate Negotiations

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Bonn, Germany — WEDO has been an active participant at the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany throughout this week: attending an array of meetings and events, meeting with delegates, speaking with the press, delivering interventions and working closely in coordination with other members of the Women and Gender Constituency to the UNFCCC.

Tags: Civil Society Participation, Climate Change, UN Advocacy, UNFCCC
Posted in Climate Change, Library, News |