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NEW PUBLICATION: Governing Climate Funds: What Will Work for Women?

Friday, September 9th, 2011

New York, September 9th 2011– WEDO is proud to present a new joint publication with Gender Action and Oxfam: “Governing Climate Funds: What Will Work for Women?”

As the international community mobilizes in response to global climatic changes, climate funds must ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Women and girls, disproportionately vulnerable to negative climate change impacts in developing countries, have largely been excluded from climate change finance policies and programmes. This report examines four funds –climate funds and non-climate funds, to draw out the lessons for gender integration in global finance mechanisms. Women and girls must not only be included in adaptive and mitigative activities, but also recognized as agents of change who are essential to the success of climate change interventions.

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Advancing Gender Equality in the Green Climate Fund: Letter to UN Women

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

New York, August 17th, 2011– Last week, members of the Women and Gender Constituency sent a letter to Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General of UN Women to ask UN Women to take a more prominent advocacy role in the negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), particularly in the development of a new Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Click here to view the full letter.

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Gender equality and the Green Climate Fund

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Tokyo, Japan– The second meeting of the Transitional Committee (TC) to design the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. The Cancun Agreements, adopted at COP16 at the end of 2010, established the “Green Climate Fund” to provide assistance to developing countries. As the international community now works to design this global climate fund, WEDO and its partners are working to ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. At the regional Transitional Committee meeting in Tokyo, women and gender issues were highlighted in various ways.

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UNFCCC Side Event – Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Bonn, Germany, June 13, 2011 – GGCA, in partnership with the Government of Finland, IUCN, the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice (MRFCJ), Oxfam, UNDP, UNEP and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), organized a UNFCCC side event entitled Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds. The event, chaired by Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland), focused on lessons learned through mainstreaming gender in development funds and considered how these experiences can serve as a foundation for integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into climate finance mechanisms.

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SIDE EVENT: Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds

Monday, June 13th, 2011

[ June 13, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

Bonn, Germany, June, 13th, 2011– WEDO, alongside the Government of Finland, GGCA, MRFCJ and others, is proud to host the side event “Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds”. Please join us to discuss lessons learned through mainstreaming gender in development funds, and to consider how these experiences can serve as a foundation for integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into climate finance mechanisms.

Moderated by Ms. Mary Robinson
President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice

Gender and the CDM
Ms. Karoliina Anttonen, Senior Policy Officer, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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