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Nobel Women’s Initiative, Guatemala

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

[ May 9, 2009 to May 13, 2009. ] …

Tags: Women Leaders
Posted in Events, Library |

UNEP Champion of the Earth

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

In 2006, WEDO was named a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environmental Program for our longstanding work in the field of Sustainable Development. UNEP presented this video profile of WEDO at the awards ceremony in Singapore.

Click here to watch the video

Tags: Sustainable Development, Women Leaders
Posted in Gallery, News, Sustainable Development, WEDO Awards |

GEAR Advocates Continue to Campaign for Stronger U.N. for Women

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Advocates are hopeful that the consensus by the General Assembly in September 2008 to move forward on the creation of a stronger women’s entity at the United Nations could result in a new structure taking shape as early as next year.

Excitement over this prospect continues to fuel the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign, as GEAR campaigners in all regions and in New York work to maintain the momentum of the campaign. Women’s groups …

Tags: GEAR Campaign, Women Leaders
Posted in GEAR Campaign, Library, Women's Leadership |

The Post-Poznan Climate: No Time To Waste

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

It is finally here: the year that climate change decision-makers, advocates and activists have worked toward. The year that countries must come to compromise, must commit to emissions reductions, must put financing mechanisms into effect. The year that ends in Copenhagen—where the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) must produce an outcome that will serve as follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol.

And for women around the world, …

Tags: Climate Change, UNFCCC, Women Leaders
Posted in Library, Women's Leadership |