Strengthening Women’s Leadership at the UNFCCC: The Women Delegates Fund

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Climate change is the most urgent and critical issue of our time. Ensuring equitable participation of women and men in developing solutions to this challenge is key to moving towards a sustainable future. Women’s leadership at all levels is integral to achieving the goals of sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

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2009-2010 Stats on Women’s Participation at the UNFCCC

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The following numbers reflect the current breakdown of participation of men and women delegates in the UNFCCC negotiations from Bangkok in 2009 to COP16, Cancun in 2010. [Numbers for COP16 are from the provisional participants list]

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COP16: Mary Robinson hosts “Women Leaders on Climate Change”

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Cancun, Mexico– On Monday, December 6th, former President of Ireland and human rights activist Mary Robinson convened a side event entitled “Women Leaders on Climate Change”. This event brought together a group of high-profiled women leaders in the climate change arena including: Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC; Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of COP16/CMP6;  Lykke Friis, Minister for Climate Energy and Gender Equality of Denmark ; Maria Fernanda …

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PRESS CONFERENCE: Strengthening Women’s Leadership at the UNFCCC- The Women Delegates Fund

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

[ December 2, 2010; 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ]

Cancun, Mexico– Climate change is the most urgent and critical issue of our time. Ensuring equitable participation of women and men in developing solutions to this challenge is key to moving towards a sustainable future. Women’s leadership at all levels is integral to achieving the goals of sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

Recognizing the need for increased access and participation of women in this process, the Women Delegates Fund (WDF) was established in 2009 with support …

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GEAR Campaign Enthusiastically Welcomes the New Under-Secretary-General, Michelle Bachelet, Former Chilean President

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

New York– The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign is thrilled that the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has chosen Michelle Bachelet as the new Under-Secretary-General (USG) of UN Women. This appointment is essential to the effectiveness of the new entity and the campaign is pleased that the UN SG has selected a qualified and strong leader for this high level UN position that will envision and work for the future of women’s rights and advocate for women worldwide.

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