Worldwide Support for an Equitable Number of Women on the High Level Advisory Group for Climate Change Financing!

Friday, March 12th, 2010

UPDATE: Ms. Christine Lagarde, Minister of Finance of France is now a member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing.

New York, March 12 — As of 12pm EST Friday, March 12, 2010 we have received over 150 organization signatures supporting an equitable number of women on the High Level Advisory Group for Climate Change Financing!  Thank you for all of your support.  Please find the updated letter with signatures …

Tags: Climate Change, Global Governance, UN Reform
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GEAR up with WEDO at the CSW!

Friday, February 26th, 2010

WEDO is ready to GEAR up at the CSW54! Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator at WEDO, is a leading member of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign.

Tags: GEAR Campaign, Global Governance, UN Reform
Posted in CSW, GEAR Campaign, Library, News |

“Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle”

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Read this article by Colette N. Tamko appearing on http://womensmediacenter.com …

Tags: Global Governance, UN Reform
Posted in Global Governance, In The News |

“Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle”

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

New York, November 22–Colette Tamko, WEDO Gender and Governance Program Coordinator, and one of the principle coordinators of the GEAR Campaign to create a new agency for women explains to the Women’s Media Center what this exciting development means for women, and the work that still remains to ensure its success. Read the full article here.…

Tags: GEAR Campaign, UN Reform, UN Women
Posted in GEAR Campaign, Global Governance, Library, News, UN Women |

Summary of EU GEAR Funding and Governance Paper

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

New York, July 23–Below you can read a summary of an in-depth paper “Funding, ODA, Governance and Structural Factors Relevant to the Establishment of a New UN Gender Equality Architecture” that examines budgets, staff levels, offices and the European Union Member State contributors to the four existing UN gender equality and women’s empowerment entities (UNIFEM, DAW, OSAGI, and INSTRAW) and five other UN entities (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-HABITAT and UNAIDS), to help assess and support …

Tags: GEAR Campaign, UN Reform, UN Women
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