Posts Tagged ‘Gender Equality’
GEAR Working Group
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
The GEAR Campaign working group (pdf)
In February 2008, WEDO, with hundreds of activists, launched the GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign to create a new, fully resourced women’s entity at the UN. Learn who is a part of the GEAR Campaign Working Group.…
Tags: GEAR Campaign, Gender Equality, UN Reform
Posted in GEAR Campaign, Global Governance, Library |
Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Bangladesh
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Commissioned by WEDO, a case study conducted by consultants Khurshid Alam, Naureen Fatema and Wahida Bashar Ahmed for ActionAid Bangladesh. It gives an overview of the climate change situation in Bangladesh and reveals the implications for women’s livelihood security and gender equality. The vulnerability of women in Bangladesh is discussed in terms of how they cope with continued deprivation and poverty during and in response to climatic disasters. A review of national policies, institutional frameworks …
Tags: Case Studies, Climate Change, Gender Equality
Posted in Adaptation, Asia & Pacific, Climate Change, Library |
Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Senegal
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Commissioned by WEDO, a Case Study conducted by Yacine Diagne Gueye of ENDA (Environmental Development Action in the Third World) in Senegal. It gives an overview of the climate change situation in Senegal and draws out the implications for women’s livelihood, security and gender equality. The situation of women in Senegal is also discussed in terms of how they manage to cope with the overall challenges of poverty and inequality, with specific reference to the …
Tags: Case Studies, Climate Change, Gender Equality
Posted in Adaptation, Africa, Climate Change, Library |
Gender Equality and Adaptation
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Adaptation funds for climate change must include gender.
Gender Equality and Adaptation (pdf)…
Tags: Climate Change, Gender Equality, Sustainable Development, Trade and Finance
Posted in Climate Change, Climate Finance, Sustainable Development |
UN Resolution on System Wide Coherence
Monday, September 15th, 2008
In the last meeting of the 62nd session of the General Assembly, September 15, 2008, member states adopted by consensus a resolution moving the Gender Equality Architecture Reform process forward.
UN Resolution on System Wide Coherence (pdf)…
Tags: GEAR Campaign, Gender Equality, UN Reform
Posted in GEAR Campaign, Global Governance, Library |
