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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Meet the 2018 Gender Just Climate Solution Winners

December 17, 2018

On Monday December 10th, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Women and Gender Constituency held its annual Gender Just Climate Solutions Award and publication launch at the climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland. The Awards celebrate gender-just solutions- aiming to support and scale up innovative initiatives that put equity and sustainability at heart. These… Read More

Peoples’ voices and urgent solutions dismissed at COP24 in Katowice

December 17, 2018

Press Release | 17 December, 2018 | Katowice, Poland Photo by WWF-New Zealand / David Tong After two weeks of intense negotiations, women and gender groups represented in Katowice assert that COP24’s failure to deliver on the 1.5°C goal and refusal to put people at the center of climate action exacerbates rather than addresses the challenges facing our planet. The… Read More

WGC Feminist Demands at COP24

December 5, 2018

The Women and Gender Constituency heads to COP24 to demand real, sustainable, transformative change. The WGC has articulated these demands so we can collectively work toward the future they represent. Download here: ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH Audrey Ledanois delivered the WGC Opening to share these demands. In addition, on Tuesday 4 December, the WGC hosted… Read More

Gender Equality in the Paris Implementation Guidelines

September 5, 2018

The Women and Gender Constituency is pleased to share its key recommendations for ensuring gender considerations in the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement. DOWNLOAD Recalling gender equality has been enshrined in the Paris Agreement in the following ways: Paris Preamble “Acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking… Read More

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