December 10th- Human Rights Day

Monday, December 10th, 2012

New York, New York (December 10, 2012)– WEDO is proud to join its partners around the world in recognizing Human Rights Day celebrating the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today and everyday, promoting and protecting human rights is central to the work WEDO does at all levels. Below, please see a message from our partners at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), and the excellent work they do with the …

Tags: Human Rights
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WEDO speaks at the UN Human Rights Council on Women and the Right to Water

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

On Monday, September 26th, WEDO delivered a statement at the 18th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, High Level Panel on “Women and the Right to Water”. WEDO Board Member, Katherine McDonald, sat on a panel alongside colleagues from ISIS International, MADRE, Swiss Red Cross and WECF (Women in Europe for a Common Future). The panel began with a from statement of UN Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque, author of “Climate Change and …

Tags: Climate Change, Human Rights, Water
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Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Climate Change

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

New York, May 26th 2011– Article by WEDO Executive Director Cate Owren. Originally published in On the Issues Magazine.

A major paradigm shift in dealing with climate change has been unfolding in the last few years – largely thanks to concerted efforts by women’s human rights advocates. Once a strictly “environmental” or “business” issue, climate change has been increasingly accepted as a gender equality and social justice issue by civil society organizations, UN agencies and …

Tags: Climate Change, Human Rights
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HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM: Using a Rights-Based Framework in Climate Change Negotiations

Friday, December 10th, 2010

New York, New York– Written by Eleanor Blomstrom (Original posting at NCRW Human Rights Forum)

As advocates working in the international arena, at WEDO, we consider the human rights framework a key driver of our advocacy to improve the lives of women worldwide. A human rights framework recognizes a shared humanity, irrespective of culture or nationality, in which every person has basic rights to life, health, livelihood, food, shelter, etc. By focusing on such …

Tags: Climate Change, Human Rights, Political Participation, UNFCCC
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U.N. Human Rights Council Hears Testimony on Link Between Women’s Rights and Climate Change

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The Women’s UN Report Network has released a statement made before the UN Human Rights Council on June 15th by a coalition of international women’s organizations:

According to the research of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men are during a disaster….  READ MORE

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Tags: Climate Change, Human Rights
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