Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
This Final Report summarizes the presentations and findings presented at WEDO’s Gender & Climate Change Workshop in Dakar, Senegal, in June 2008. Case studies of Senegal, Ghana, Nepal and Trinidad were presented.
Final Report: Gender & Climate Change Workshop, Dakar, June 2008 (pdf)…
Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development
Posted in Africa, Asia & Pacific, Climate Change, Latin America & Caribbean, Library |
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Global warming is an established scientific fact. Policies to halt global warming must address the human impacts as well as the technical side of the problem if they are to succeed. Women are essential to the solutions.
Media Factsheet: Why women in the U.S. and abroad are essential to climate change solutions.(pdf)…
Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Women Leaders
Posted in Library, U.S. Action Campaign, Women's Leadership |
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Women are disproportionately affected worldwide by climate change. They are also key to any successful strategy for dealing with it.
Global Warming – And Its Cures – Have a Woman’s Face (MS Word)…
Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, UN Reform, Women Leaders
Posted in Climate Change, Library |
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Find background info, as well as the agenda, for the Third Global Congress (on Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction), Oct. 18-22, in Manila, the Philippines. Travel info and registration also included.
Information: Third Global Congress (CAPWIP/ ISDR/ WEDO)
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Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development
Posted in Library, Women's Leadership |
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
From the Nobel Women’s Initiative, an invitation to an event with Wangari Maathai and Jody Williams: “Women, Nuclear Energy and Justice in a Warming World” (May 6, 2008, Washington DC)
Creating a Climate of Change Invitation (pdf)…
Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Women Leaders
Posted in Library, Women's Leadership |