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Gender equality and women’s human rights are fundamental to combating climate change


Over the past several years of the international climate change negotiations it has been established and agreed by governments across the world, who are Parties to the UNFCCC, that gender equality and ensuring women’s human rights are necessary to effectively act on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Read More

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Testimonies By Women and Gender Rights Defenders at the Peaceful Protest
 December 12, 2019

‘As I peacefully held onto a banner, several police officers tried to rip the banner from my hands by prying my fingers open and dragging me with them as they pulled the banner but I refused to let go’ Kavita Naidu, Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law & Development —— While in the hall the… Read More

Police Turns Violent at Peaceful Protest by Women
 December 12, 2019

For immediate release 12 December 2019 COP25, Madrid Feminists joined Wednesday’s peaceful protest with indigenous peoples, youth, trade unions and other climate activists to call for more ambition in the current climate negations. The peaceful action calling for human rights and gender equality in climate negotiations turned violent by the police when they used excessive… Read More

2019 Winners of the Gender Just Climate Solutions [VIDEO]
 December 9, 2019



COP 25 Decision On Markets More Important Than Human Rights
 December 9, 2019

For Immediate Release 06 December 2019 COP 25, Madrid, Spain After the first week of climate negotiations at COP 25, it becomes clear that governments are willing to compromise Human Rights to adopt rules on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement that will endanger human rights and harm the environment in the name of climate… Read More

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