Posts Tagged ‘WEDO’
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.
Tags: UNCCD, WEDO
Posted in Library, News, UNCCD, WEDO Worldwide |
Panama: Our Bridge to Durban
Friday, October 14th, 2011
From October 1-7, 2011 the UNFCCC held an Intersessional in Panama City, Panama. The City known for the famous Panama Canal, which connects ships carrying goods from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere and vice versa, also served as a crucial connection between the Bonn, Germany Intersessional [see article on UNFCCC Bonn conference] and COP-17 in Durban, South Africa.
Parties’ main goal of the Intersessional was to come to areas of convergence so they could develop draft text in Panama City that can be negotiated for decisions in Durban. The Intersessional held informal negotiations on agenda items under the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA). A small advocacy team went to Panama City focusing on the negotiations under the AWG-LCA [see UNFCCC website for more information] and provided technical advice to delegates including those supported by the Women Delegates Fund.
Tags: Climate Change, UNFCCC, WEDO
Posted in Library, News, UNFCCC, WEDO at COP17, WEDO Worldwide |
Check out WEDO’s New Brochure!
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
New York– Click here to download WEDO’s New Brochure!…
WEDO’s New Brochure Online
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
New York, August 11—Learn about WEDO’s mission and goals. Find out how we do our work and how you can join us. Download it and pass it along!
Round Two of Climate Change Negotiations Set to Begin
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
New York, May 28–WEDO is about to travel to Bonn again for the second round of climate change negotiations this year. A team of advocates will continue to provide technical support on gender language in the negotiating text, and a high-level side event on June 1st will be co-sponsored by the Governments of Finland, Ghana and South Africa.
Read side event details here: Side Event Poster…
Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, WEDO
Posted in Climate Change, Library, News |
