Posts Tagged ‘Climate Change’

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.

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The Women and Gender Constituency speaks out at Bonn

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Bonn, June 9, 2010 — The Women and Gender Consituency at the UNFCCC has been hard at work during the Bonn negotiations, advocating for the rights of women and ensuring that gender is mainstreamed throughout the negotiating text. Together, we delivered a number of strategic interventions into the negotiation, advocating on:

  • Climate financing- establishing a finance mechanism for climate-related funding which allows effective and equitable access to both women and men and which reaches …
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    Joint Civil Society Statement at Climate Change Negotiations

    Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

    Bonn, Germany, June 4, 2010 — WEDO, as part of the Women and Gender Constituency at the UNFCCC, submitted a joint intervention regarding civil society participation in the United Nations Climate Change conferences. Six of the nine constituencies collaborated to outline the importance of Civil Society contributions and to recommend mechanisms for further full and transparent involvement in the process. The statement was well-received by Parties, who voiced broad support for the recommendations, as well …

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    Turning Down the Heat – Gender and Climate Change (video)

    Monday, March 22nd, 2010

    Lorena Aguilar, a WEDO board member and senior gender advisor for IUCN, is featured in this short video shot at the climate change conference in Copenhagen. It also features the GGCA-sponsored theater group, Theater for Africa, performing about gender and climate change. Have a look!

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    Gender and Climate Change Featured on CUNY TV March 17, 2010

    Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

    New York, March 16 — New Yorkers, please tune in to CUNY TV on Channel 75, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 8:30pm EST to see WEDO Board Member, Lorena Aguilar, and WEDO Campaign Coordinator, Rachel Harris, discuss gender and climate change.  Look out for a link to this conversation soon!…

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