WEDO was born out of that same collaborative spirit. In 1990, U.S. Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Nobel Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Thais Corral, and many others recognized that the hard-won women’s rights policy commitments that emerged from the year’s major UN conferences required unwavering and ongoing global advocacy.
The international Board of Directors of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is delighted to announce today the appointment of Ms. Cate Owren as its Executive Director. Her leadership brings a dynamic combination of practical management skills, innovative thinking and ambitious goals to the organization.
Members of the WEDO team have joined our allies and partners in the Women and Gender Constituency on the ground to deliver a broad advocacy agenda and set of feminist demands. We have spent the last several months — and years; driving up ambition for a strong outcome on gender equality as Parties negotiate the next iteration of the Convention’s gender work program; demanding a needs-based ...
Fiercely Together for Justice and Care: A Message from WEDO Executive ...
This brief “Towards gender-just Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” is the first in a series of tools, case studies and analysis from WEDO on developing the data, policy, institutional and movement landscape to deliver on a gender just transition. As the main anchors of national climate planning and policies, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) determine the ...
WEDO is thrilled to launch a new brief on Gender, Climate, and Reproductive Health in the U.S., which includes an overview of existing literature on environment, climate, and reproductive health impacts; policy recommendations; and case studies of grassroots groups already advancing work at this intersection.