Olga Algayerova, Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, UNECE, opened the meeting on October 29, pointing out the need for more women’s political involvement and participation in decision making: “Let us work together so every girl and woman can live in safety and dignity.” Gender equality is both an objective and a driver of sustainable development. Despite significant progress and lessons...
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FAWCO members will participate actively in Beijing+25 events around the world beginning in 2019, leading up to the 2020 reviews, civil society fora and intergovernmental meetings. Learn more about Beijing+25 and Generation Equality here.
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By Jane McCall Politi, PhD (FAWCO UN Rep in NY)
During the week of September 23, 2019, I attended several events around the Climate Summit. Most events on climate did not address migration and children - just fossil fuels and the like. It was disheartening.
I made a comment at an event on Refugee Children and Climate Change about the need...
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By Ayuska Motha, UN Rep (AIWC Cologne)
One of the highlights of the past week was a side event organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and co-sponsored by FAWCO called “Climate-induced migration: understanding systemic drivers and symptomatic responses to vulnerabilities”. The panel presented various real world examples from all over the world including Fiji, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nepal. I had...
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By Ayuska Motha, UN Rep (AIWC Cologne)
The SB50 or intersessional meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change wrapped up last night and with it any further discussion on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on global warming of 1.5C (SR1.5C).
I have attended the remaining meetings on this item and started to see some...
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By Stacey Kimmig, UN Rep (AIWC Cologne)
As SB50 draws to a close, a lot of important issues still remain unresolved. Final meetings will be held today, to try and reach some sort of consensus on the final issues; we will know more this afternoon about how much has been achieved. The Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) will give a...