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Season's Greetings from WEDO!

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Dear Friends,

We have much to be grateful for and celebrate in 2010! Topping the list:

• After more than two years of targeted advocacy with a wide range of partners, WEDO contributed to securing eight references to women and gender equality in the UN Cancun Agreements on climate change;
• UN Women, the new cohesive UN agency to advance women’s rights, was launched after years of dedicated lobbying by the GEAR Campaign, including WEDO and hundreds of other women’s organizations;
• We conducted trainings, workshops and research on gender and sustainable development issues, particularly climate change, in four regions of the world; and
• WEDO was recognized for groundbreaking and innovative advocacy on gender equality and sustainable development by the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW).

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Toolkit: Civil Society Engagement

New York, New York — The GEAR Campaign is proud to launch a “TRANSITIONAL TOOLKIT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS“, with recommendations on how civil society can engage with UN Women.…

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WEDO News and Views July 2010

WEDO’s July 2010 newsletter celebrates the launch of UN Women and highlights the next steps for the GEAR Campaign and civil society in leading ‘A New Era for Women’. The newsletter also includes highlights on WEDO’s advocacy within the UNFCCC negotiations, training on gender and climate change in Viet Nam, and features an interview with our newest Board Member, Sayida Vanenburg!…

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UN Women Born:Civil Society Celebrates Creation of Gender Equality Entity After Four Years of Advocacy

New York, July 1 2010 — The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the United Nations General Assembly resolution, agreed to on 30 June and to be formally adopted by the General Assembly on Friday, 2 July, to establish “UN Women”—the new gender equality entity at the UN.…

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Gender takes center stage at the UN Millennium Development Goals Informal Interactive Hearings

 New York, June 29 2010 – From June 14^th– 15^th, government representatives as well as non-governmental, civil society, and private sector representatives gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York to take part in an informal interactive hearing to provide input to the preparatory process for the September 2010 ‘MDG Summit’.…

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President of UN General Assembly receives global petition for urgent establishment of stronger UN women’s agency

New York, June 17 2010– The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign, which WEDO co-coordinates, today presented the President of the UN General Assembly, Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki with its global petition and pressed for the UN to establish a strong new agency for women by July 2010.…

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WEDO News and Views April 2010

WEDO’s April 2010 newsletter, honoring the life of visionary Brownie Ledbetter. Featuring an interview with Nadine Louis, the founder and president of Foundation TOYA, Haiti, as well as updates from the climate conference in Copenhagen, the GEAR campaign, and more!…

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WEDO News and Views August 2008

WEDO’s August 2008 newsletter, featuring an interview with Monique Essed-Fernandes, farewell to June Zeitlin, updates on the GEAR campaign and more!

WEDO News and Views August 2008…

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