Rio Conventions Launch Brochure on Gender Mainstreaming

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

RIO DE JANEIRO (June 19 2012)-Official press release from IISD Reporting Services

On the sidelines to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched a joint brochure outlining gender mainstreaming in the three Conventions, and describing challenges and opportunities for synergistic action.

The information brochure, titled “The Rio Conventions: …

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Deserting Gender Equality in the UNCCD is Not an Option

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

From its inception the UNCCD has recognized the importance of women’s particular needs and roles in combating desertification, and in involving both women and men in all levels of decision-making. Now, with rapid loss of biodiversity, significant decreases in freshwater resources and increases in food insecurity, it is ever more critical to put the words of the Convention into action.

At UNCCD COP-10 Parties have the opportunity to adopt a framework that can simultaneously increase the effectiveness of combating desertification and achieve goals towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. This is a first step in allowing the UNCCD Secretariat to fully support Parties in gender mainstreaming the 10-year strategy. WEDO, along with several other civil society organizations and women and men around the world urge Parties at UNCCD COP-10 to not desert women or men and adopt the policy framework on gender that can greatly assist Parties in achieving needed goals toward gender equality and sustainable development.

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Video: Desertification – What the Leaders Think

Friday, October 14th, 2011

With the COP 10 to the UNCCD (United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification) currently meeting in South Korea, now is a great time to learn more about desertification and its effect on communities.

Watch this incredibly informative video where world leaders and agents of change, including WEDO Board Members Marcela Tovar-Restrepo and Lorena Aguilar, discuss the threat posed by desertification and the measures that can be taken against land degredation.

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Posted in Library, News, Sustainable Development, UNCCD |