Chiang Mai (29 June, 2012): The Rio+20 Outcome Document did not break new ground for gender equality and women’s human rights, and did not establish any binding commitments from governments for just development. As we move past Rio+20, states have a vital opportunity to create and…

Rio de Janeiro (22 June, 2012): Women from Asia Pacific say the current Rio+20 draft does not offer a sustainable future for women. Employment and economic rights, militarisation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and women’s role in climate change are being ignored, say women’s rights organisations from the region. They are calling on governments to ensure the promotion, protection and realisation of women’s human rights in the outcome document.

The women…

Our Nature Is Not For Sale

Against Commodification and Financialization of Nature in G-20 and RIO+20

Jakarta, June 19th 2012. On June 2012, two international meetings that determine the direction of world economy and environment will be taken place. The meetings will have an impact on the overall future of mankind and the earth. The meetings that will be held at a close time are Rio+20 Summit and G20 Summit. Rio+20 Summit will be held…

Rio de Janeiro (21 June, 2012): Women from Asia Pacific demand governments address critical issues on women’s human rights missing in the Rio+20 negotiations for sustainable development. Employment and economic rights, militarisation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and women’s role in climate change significantly impact women across the region, yet are being ignored. Asia Pacific women call for States to ensure the promotion, protection and realisation of…

Our delegate Feri Lumampao was celebrated last night for her tremendous leadership in sustainable development. So proud!

She is the Executive Director of Approtech Asia (The Asian Alliance of Appropriate Technology Practitioners, Inc.) and has over three decades of development work in developing countries, including women in science and technology, sustainable agricultural and environmentally sound agroforestry systems, among…

DEMANDS OF THE WOMEN FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA

The heads of States and government delegations will be meeting next week from 20 – 22 June

2012 in Rio for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20). This will culminate in the

adoption of an outcome document which is currently going through the final stages of negotiations

at the Preparatory Committee meeting from 13 – 15 June 2012.

The Women’s Major Group has been carrying forth the demands of…

Admittedly I am totally surprised, but despite the tremendous chaos at this conference here the Governments at Rio+20 here seem to have all agreed on the attached outcome document yesterday, well in time for the High-level Carnaval that starts today.

The text consists of the text agreed until last Saturday and a lot of compromise texts crafted by the Brazilian Government the past days. Most texts are a rather bland repetition of what was already agreed upon, sometimes years ago, in…

“Land grab may work well for everybody and must not be rejected with knee-jerk reactions.” – Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development and CGIAR Fund Council Chair

The 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day was held on 18th June, hosted by Embrapa (Brazil’s public-sector agricultural research company) and CGIAR, a World Bank funding body for agricultural research. Previous such days, which coincided with climate COPs, served to…

Rio de Janeiro (16 June 2012): Women from around the world joined Asia Pacific women at Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, to express their aspirations for sustainable development, writing powerful messages on colourful shirts and hanging them on clothes lines tied around the event tent. Dubbed “Women’s clothes line of aspirations and demands for sustainable development,” the inspiring event was organised by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development…

Rio de Janeiro (June 19, 2012): A crowd of women activists waved their Rio+20 purple scarves and made their voices heard that women’s human rights must be at the centre of sustainable development policy, claiming space outside the UN venue where negotiations on the outcome document…

Rio de Janeiro (June 15, 2012): Four women’s rights activists presented the challenging realities of life for women in Asia Pacific and outlined their demands for sustainable development at the UN Rio+20 side event, “Voices from Asia Pacific: Just and Sustainable Development Goals for Women”.

The event, co-organised by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Asian Rural Women’s Coalition, and Asian Women’s Network on Gender and Development, brought together…

Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)

Rio de Janeiro (18 June 2012): Women activists representing Asia Pacific joined thousands of women and other activists at the Women’s March of the People’s Summit at Rio+20.…

Women’s rights and sustainable development –

Is this The Future We Want?

Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)…

If deaths could teach lessons -

The need for a well integrated balanced world for sustainable development -

How can that be done?.

Women across the world can play a extremely important role in building a truly

excellent world in line with the natural world.

What lessons can humanity learn from the following-

Problem/Issue –

A young girl got into prostitution. She worked in this trade for a few years and

contracted HIV/AIDS. She was in…

Originally posted at WEDO.org http://www.wedo.org/news/and-when-the-world-wouldnt-listen-we-marched

RIO DE JANEIRO (JUNE 19)- On Monday June 18^th, women took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro. WEDO, the Women's Environment and Development Organization, along with friends and allies from the Rio+20 Women's Major Group, was proud to…

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Her hair is braided in beautiful braids, she is always smiling and is laughs easily. She is an African woman and has had much hardship throughout her young life.

Beatrice is 26 years old and living in Kenya. She works at the University of Nairobi, but what might be more important is the fact that she is a girl guide in Kenya Girl Guides Association.

When Beatrice saw climate change affecting her city, Nairobi, Beatrice could not help but take action: …

Cerca de 50,000 personas se reúnen en Rio de Janeiro 20 años después de la primera Cumbre de la Tierra realizada en 1992. Es importante resaltar la importancia de este evento en cuanto a esfuerzos para la protección del medio ambiente, claro está, que en 1992 la situación ambiental y social no había tocado fondo aún; vale la pena mencionar que fue a partir de esa Cumbre del 92 de donde surgió la Convención Diversidad Biológica (CDB), la Convención de Cambio Climático (CMNUCC), la Agenda 21,…

We mentioned briefly on Saturday that we were successful in getting non-formal education back in the outcome document.   I think we’ve recovered enough to tell you all about it… 

As Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, we know the importance of non-formal education as we are involved with it every week.  You can imagine our disappointment then when it wasn’t included in the draft outcome document. Luckily, we had the Major Group for Children and Youth on our side,…

We mentioned briefly on Saturday that we were successful in getting non-formal education back in the outcome document.   I think we’ve recovered enough to tell you all about it…

As Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, we know the importance of non-formal education as we are involved with it every…