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Desertification – What the Leaders Think

"Desertification is a word which can be used as a meaning for converting the fertile soil by deforestation and mining. This phenomenon of desertification is common is the coal belt and quarry .The process of mining stripped the soil off its greenery.…"
May 3, 2012
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On International Women's Day, add your voice to shape the Future We Want!

March 8th 2012 Happy International Women's Day!   This year, on  International Women's Day, WEDO is proud to celebrate 20 years of advancing women's rights in sustainable development. We honor women's leadership and the incredible, undeniable power of women's organizing and action.WEDO on International Women's Day in 1992We are also calling for action. As many of you know, this year, world leaders will come together in Rio de Janeiro, to…See More
Mar 14, 2012
Tracy Mann left a comment for WEDO
"Would you have time to speak to me on the phone next week about our mutual events?  As I wrote to Eleanor some time ago, I am interested in supporting and collaborating with other organizations’ activities in Rio.  Perhaps there is a…"
Feb 3, 2012
Vivienne Solis Rivera liked WEDO's blog post Deserting Gender Equality in the UNCCD is Not an Option
Oct 18, 2011
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Deserting Gender Equality in the UNCCD is Not an Option

by Rachel Harris, Advocacy Coordinator, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)All over the world we are seeing the negative impacts that desertification and land degradation have on the well being of communities and biodiversity."In my own country of Colombia, which is the second most bio-diverse country on earth, high rates of deforestation are causing land degradation and the extinction of many plants and animals. Along with biodiversity loss, the social and economic…See More
Oct 18, 2011
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Oct 14, 2011
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Samantha Marie Wilson liked WEDO's blog post Honoring a Visionary Leader: WEDO Remembers Wangari Maathai
Sep 27, 2011
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Honoring a Visionary Leader: WEDO Remembers Wangari Maathai

September 26, 2011 - New York"I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it."- Wangari MaathaiToday, WEDO mourns the loss but celebrates the life of our great friend, visionary, sister and ally, Professor Wangari Maathai, who passed away last night in Nairobi at the age of 71."WEDO is greatly saddened by the passing away of Wangari Maathai, and our heartfelt condolences go out to her family. We've known her as a co-founder of…See More
Sep 27, 2011
Women's Major Group liked WEDO's blog post Returning to Rio: Examining the Issues and Forging the Path for Women
Aug 30, 2011
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Returning to Rio: Examining the Issues and Forging the Path for Women

First published on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 for the WEDO website.Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where WEDO founders and supporters ensured women were at the table to help integrate gender equality principles into the sustainable development framework, it is time to take up the task once again. At Rio+20 in June 2012, the world community…See More
Aug 30, 2011
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West Africa, Central America and the Caribbean
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Women's Environment and Development Organization
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http://www.wedo.org
About Me (Education, Interests, Professional experience)
As a global women’s advocacy organization, WEDO envisions a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality and the integrity of the environment.

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To contribute toward its vision for the world, WEDO’s mission is to ensure that women’s rights; social, economic and environmental justice; and sustainable development principles-as well as the linkages between them-are at the heart of global and national policies, programs and practices.

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WEDO views strong and diverse partnerships as integral to meeting its goals. It allies with women’s organizations; environmental, development and human rights organizations; governments; and intergovernmental organizations, including the United Nations, to achieve its mission. WEDO’s core competency has been high-level advocacy in international arenas, while building bridges among a range of stakeholders.

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Water & Sanitation, Energy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Ecosystems Management, Climate Change, Health, Gender

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48 Hours of Action – and Unquantifiable Hope

Posted on April 7, 2013 at 12:00pm 0 Comments

by Cate Owren, WEDO Executive Director who attended the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) conference

April 7, 2013, St. Louis, MO.

I sat at the table full of boys. That was my challenge to myself. Don’t go the easy route – don’t go preach to the choir with the girls, who are already asking for your card and aching to talk women’s rights. Go sit with the boys.  See what they’re up…

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Women at CSW57 Confronting Unsustainable Development

Posted on March 8, 2013 at 12:30pm 0 Comments

NEW YORK (March 8, 2013)- Feminists Confronting Unsustainable Development’ during the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, CSW57, talk about the experiences of women and the struggle and resistance strategies of their communities against unsustainable economic activities.

Women from Guatemala, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Japan and Fiji, came together at the side-event on …

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Deserting Gender Equality in the UNCCD is Not an Option

Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:30pm 0 Comments

by Rachel Harris, Advocacy Coordinator, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)



All over the world we are seeing the negative impacts that desertification and land degradation have on the well being of communities and biodiversity.



"In my own country of Colombia, which is the second most bio-diverse country on earth, high rates of deforestation are causing land degradation and the extinction of many plants and animals. Along with… Continue

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At 5:29pm on February 3, 2012, Tracy Mann said…

Would you have time to speak to me on the phone next week about our mutual events?  As I wrote to Eleanor some time ago, I am interested in supporting and collaborating with other organizations’ activities in Rio.  Perhaps there is a way to partner or, at least, cross-promote.

Our event will include musical performances by some of Brazil’s best-known female performers and film clips of grassroots women around the world who follow in the footsteps of leadership set by Thais, Wangari, Bella and their colleagues.  The event will be open to the public but will also have a VIP seating area for our guests and Rio+20 delegates.  

I would love to share more details at your convenience.

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The Women's Major Group (WMG) was created as one of nine Major Groups after the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro. This list serve is for members of the Women Major Group following the Post Rio+20 process (Financing SD, SDGs-post2015) as well as for members of the Women Major Group following Environment processes (UNEP). The Operating Partners (OPs) of the Post Rio+20 process that coordinate the group rotate periodically. The current WMG OPs are Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) supported by a core group including the Women's Environment and Development Organization(WEDO) and Global Forest Coalition (GFC).




 

 

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