The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 : How does international price volatility affect domestic economies and food security?

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

“This edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World focuses on food price volatility and high food prices, which are likely to continue in the years ahead. Indeed, the Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors has become actively engaged in finding cost-effective ways to reduce price volatility and mitigate its effects when it does occur. By using previously unavailable data sources and studies, this report goes beyond the global-scale analyses to find out what happened on the domestic markets where poor people buy and sell their food in order to draw policy relevant lessons from the world food crisis of 2006–08.”

Tags: Food Security, Sustainable Development
Posted in Food Security, News |

We’re With You Francis!- “Why am I the only woman at the table?”

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

On this years International Women’s Day, Frances Seymour, Director General of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) asked “Why am I the only woman at the table?”, speaking of her experience working in forest policy arena. Read her article below.

WEDO is proud to join Francis in her work, particularly promoting women’s rights in forestry.

Tags: Forests, Sustainable Development, Women Leaders
Posted in Forests, News, Sustainable Development |

CSW Interactive Panel: Gender equality and sustainable development

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

New York, March 2nd 2011– On Tuesday, March 1st, CSW held an interactive panel on its Emerging Issue for CSW55: Gender equality and sustainable development. WEDO’s Interim Executive Director Ms. Monique Essed-Fernandes spoke along with the following distinguished panelists:

Ms. …

Tags: Sustainable Development, UN Reform
Posted in News, Sustainable Development |

Environment and gender equality: the keys to achieving Millennium Development Goals

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Achieving gender equality is fundamental to sustainable development and to attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the eradication of poverty and hunger. This is expected to be one of the major conclusions of world leaders and development experts at the 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, to be held this week at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Tags: MDGs, Sustainable Development
Posted in Library, MDGs, News, Sustainable Development |

Give your Input to the Gender and Climate Change Working Group Charter

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Greetings Climate Change Advocates!

Gender CC is a network of advocates involved in the climate change negotiations in the lead up to this year’s major International Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December. We recently submitted an application to form a gender/women’s constituency under the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenges posed by climate change.

During the climate change negotiations in …

Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development
Posted in Climate Change, News |