FAWCO UN Rep Ayuska Motha (AIWC Cologne) joining a demonstration calling for climate justice at COP25 in Madrid. Photo credit: Annabelle Avril, WECF

Hello from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. You may have already heard that the COP25 that was planned for Santiago, Chile was moved to Madrid...

"Beyond Labels, Beyond Borders: Advancing Rights-Based Protection of Climate-induced Migrants" was a side event at COP25, co-sponsored by FAWCO with the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung, Action Aid, and other NGO members of the Women and Gender Constituency.

Watch the video of the event. 

Today, December 10, is Gender Day at COP25 in Madrid. Women and girls around the world are demanding more climate action, and there is increased recognition of their leadership. (We're looking at you, Greta Thunberg!) However, in climate decision-making, women have not been equally represented. At COP25, the male Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) said, "there has...

COP25 started today in Madrid. FAWCO is represented there by two UN Reps, Ayuska Motha and Stacey Kimmig from AIWC Cologne, who are joined by Joan Evers from local club AWC Madrid. FAWCO is a member of the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC), a coalition of NGOs working together to amplify our advocacy work for gender just climate solutions. Ayuska, Stacey and...

By Paula Daeppen (AWC Zürich)

The Beijing Platform for Action recognized the essential role of women in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound consumption and production patterns and in approaches to natural resource management, but in 1995, the urgent awareness of the devastating effects of climate change were not as evident as they are today. Today women are among the...