Watch an interview with GEAR Campaign representatives

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Representatives of the GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) Campaign talk about the GEAR Campaign’s role in the recent UN Resolution establishing UN Women/ONU Femmes.

Tags: UN Advocacy, UN Reform, Women Leaders
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International Women’s Day: IUCN honors WEDO’s Cate Owren and other women leaders in climate change solutions

Monday, March 8th, 2010

New York, March 8 — Today, on the occasion of 2010 International Women’s Day (March 8), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) honors leaders who are at the forefront of women’s empowerment in climate change solutions. Cate Owren, WEDO’s Program Director, is among the honorees. It is a privilege for WEDO to be honored alongside such a remarkable group of women, all of whom are partners and allies of WEDO in the work for …

Tags: Climate Change, Women Leaders
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EU GEAR Funding and Governance Paper

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

New York, June 9–This paper 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 the most effective arrangements for a new, “composite” UN women’s organization. Read it here:

EU GEAR Funding and Governance Paper…

Tags: GEAR Campaign, UN Reform, Women Leaders
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Updates on the GEAR Process

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

New York, May 26–A lot has happened since we last posted an update on the GEAR process to establish a new women’s entity at the United Nations–both on the process and content/substance of the discussions. Read on to find out the latest
 
Process

Early last month, the President of the General Assembly, Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann appointed Ambassadors Kaire Mbuende of Namibia and Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo of Spain to facilitate the GA discussions on System-wide …

Tags: GEAR Campaign, UN Reform, Women Leaders
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Monrovia Call for Action on Gender and Climate Change

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

The Monrovia Call for Action on Gender and Climate Change was the outcome document of the International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership, Development, International Peace and Security, addressing climate change among its main themes, in Monrovia, Liberia, 7-8 March 2009.

Monrovia Call for Action 2009…

Tags: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Women Leaders
Posted in Climate Change, Library |