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Report from CSW56 Learning Circle on Gender and Climate Change

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

New York- April 18, 2012

On March 5th, during CSW56, WEDO was very pleased to participate in a “Learning Circle on Gender and Climate Change”, co-sponsored by the GGCA and the NGO CSW Forum 2012. Attached below, please find a final report from the event including summaries from each of the key areas of discussion: Mitigation, Adaptation, Advocacy, Finance, Disaster Risk reduction, and Grassroots community strategies.

http://www.gender-climate.org/Content/Docs/Publications/learning_circle_report.pdf…

Tags: Climate Change, CSW
Posted in Climate Change, CSW, News |

Technical Background Documents for CSW56

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The Commission on the Status of Women will hold the fifty-sixth session of their multi-year program, February 27th to March 9th 2012 at the United Nations in New York. The priority theme for this meeting is the Empowerment of Rural Women. Some key points of discussion will include agriculture, productive resources and financing, infrastructure, natural change resource management, climate adaptation and policies on rural development.

In preparation for 2012, UN Women in collaboration with the Food …

Tags: Civil Society Participation, CSW, UN Women
Posted in CSW, News |

2010 GEAR Campaign CSW Report, and more!

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

New York, March 22 — Read on for GEAR’s report on the CSW, including the resolution on the new entity, the GEAR Statement, key messages and facts about the entity from the Deputy Secretary General’s (DSG) office and a photo of the campaigners in action.

GEAR CSW Report, March 22, 2010

The recent meeting of the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) advanced the GEAR Campaign goal of …

Tags: CSW, GEAR Campaign
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Guide to the UN Commission on the Status of Women + WEDO Events

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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…

Tags: Civil Society Participation, CSW
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