Posts Tagged ‘GEAR Campaign’

Gender Equality Architecture Reform

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

New York, September 15–Read GEAR Campaign statements, key points and recommendations on civil society’s participation. Find out who has signed on to the GEAR Campaign and who are the working group members.

May 2009 Gear Campaign Working Group

May 2009 Gear Civil Society Participation Recommendations

July 2009 Gear talking Points

July 2009 Gear Campaign Signatories

August 2009 Gear Statement

Women’s Entity Field Presence

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Resolution on New UN Gender Entity

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

New York, October 8– After three years of intense lobbying efforts the UN General Assembly passes a resolution for the creation of a new women’s entity at the UN. Read the resolution here!

Resolution on New UN Gender Entity

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Victory for GEAR Campaign: Resolution to Create New Women’s Entity

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

New York, September 14–After three years of intense lobbying efforts the UN General Assembly passes a resolution for the creation of a new women’s entity at the UN.

Read the GEAR Campaign Statement here. September 14 2009 GEAR Statement

Read the news article in IPS here.…

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GEAR Regional Focal Point Letters to GA 2009

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

New York, September 15–Please find important documents related to the GEAR Campaign . The following letters were prepared in August and September 2009 by the GEAR regional focal points and sent to all General Assembly member states requesting the swift adoption of the resolution to establish a new women’s entity at the United Nations.

Focal Point Latin America Letter

GEAR Africa Letter to UN Representatives September 2009

Pacific GEAR Letter

GEAR Letter to Member States

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GEAR Campaign Update

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

New York, June 25–In the past few weeks, the GEAR Campaign has continued to lobby with allies and speak with governments about the reform process. We have been meeting and working with supportive countries, the Co-chairs of the System-wide Coherence process, and the UN Secretariat to discuss strategies to encourage Member States to adopt a resolution to create the new gender entity by the end of this General Assembly session. Some governments have been strategizing …

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