• About Us
    • Our Team
    • Careers
    • Financials
    • Donors
  • What We Do
    • Initiatives
    • Areas of Expertise
    • Coalitions
  • Our Impact
  • Resources
  • Advocacy
    • Amplify
Donate
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Careers
    • Financials
    • Donors
  • What We Do
    • Initiatives
    • Areas of Expertise
    • Coalitions
  • Our Impact
  • Resources
  • Advocacy
    • Amplify
  • Donate

Women's Environment and Development Organization

  • About Us
  • What We Do
  • Our Impact
  • Resources
  • Financials
+1 212-973-0325[email protected]

DonateContact Us

Privacy Policy/WEDO Policies
Copyright © Women's Environment and Development Organization

Stay Informed

Receive updates on our progress, thinking, and strategies as we advocate for gender-just climate, environment, and economic policies around the world.

Resources
Advocacy in Action
Sep 15, 2009
CEDAW Takes on Climate Change
Global Policy
Share:Share on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on Bluesky
Un cedaw 01

New York, September11–The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee adopted to take on the issue of climate change and work with national members to advocate for gender equality in all policy-making and implementation efforts. On August 7th, an official statement was made (see below). WEDO, IAW and members […]

New York, September11–The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee adopted to take on the issue of climate change and work with national members to advocate for gender equality in all policy-making and implementation efforts. On August 7th, an official statement was made (see below). WEDO, IAW and members of the Committee have been working on an analysis of the CEDAW articles and elements of the negotiating text currently on the table with Parties of the UNFCCC  (see below).

Statement of the Cedaw Committee on Gender and Climate Change

CEDAW and Human Rights Articles Added

Share:Share on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on Bluesky

Resources

View All
a group of women smiling

Support Our Work

Your donation provides us with the stable foundation we need to build the feminist future we’re working to realize.

Donate Today
GCF observers Tara 2018 Photo credit Eileen Mairena
Advocacy in Action
Holding the GCF Accountable: Advancing Just and Equitable Climate Finance at B.44Read
Mara at Care Event CSW70
Advocacy in Action
Care Is Climate Infrastructure in the Just TransitionRead
GEDA Fellows in Addis presenting data
Insight
Unlocking the Power of Gender Data: Opportunities for Policy Impact in 2026Read
Bridget Burns and Thais Corral at COP30
Inside WEDO
Honoring the Women Who Built WEDORead