Posts Tagged ‘Sustainable Development’

Final Report: Gender & Climate Change Workshop, Dakar, June 2008

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)…

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Posted in Africa, Asia & Pacific, Climate Change, Latin America & Caribbean, Library |

Media Factsheet: Why women in the U.S. and abroad are essential to climate change solutions.

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)…

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Posted in Library, U.S. Action Campaign, Women's Leadership |

Global Warming – And Its Cures – Have a Woman’s Face

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)…

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Information: Third Global Congress (CAPWIP/ ISDR/ WEDO)

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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Creating a Climate of Change Invitation

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)…

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Posted in Library, Women's Leadership |