Women & Gender Constituency

The Women and Gender Constituency invites you to participate in the 7th annual ‘Gender-Just Climate Solutions’ Awards! These awards showcase real solutions for a just, healthy and sustainable planet. All types of activist, grassroots, women-led and gender equality organizations and groups working on responding to the climate crisis are encouraged to apply. Three award winners… Read More

When is the intermediate review of the Gender Action Plan happening? At SBI56 during the UNFCCC intersessional negotiations taking place in Bonn, 06-16 June, an intermediate review of the progress of implementation of the Gender Action Plan (GAP) activities will be conducted. The review will draw on the report prepared by the UNFCCC Secretariat based… Read More

The Women’s Major Group, Campaign of Campaigns and the Women and Gender Constituency proudly present our CSW66 parallel event: “Debunking the Myth of False Solutions, Towards Feminist Climate Justice” Gender inequality and the climate crisis are deeply intertwined. Women, girls, non-binary and gender-expansive people are not only disproportionately affected by the climate crises, they are… Read More

The SRHR and CJ coalition is pleased to release its factsheet in preparation for CSW66. Climate change, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are inextricably linked. SRHR must be considered as a key component of climate adaptation and resilience action and of climate justice. The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights… Read More

This year the Commission on the Status of Women focus on the priority theme of “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.” The outcome of the conference can inform other UN processes such as the UNFCCC but… Read More

8th March is International Women’s Day, every year, yet this year has brought on top of the climate crises and a worldwide pandemic, more war – unrevealing the toxic masculinity of authoritarian leaders: Not respecting peace, not respecting the change we really need and not respecting gender equality and human rights. Take the chance to… Read More

Download Press Release as PDF   PRESS RELEASE 13/11/2021 Contact: Mara Dolan, mara@wedo.org The Power is With Us: COP26 Fails People & Planet Glasgow, Scotland – After two weeks at one of the most exclusive, inaccessible and unjust COPs that the Women and Gender Constituency has experienced, Parties failed to meet the moment that our… Read More

View and download the WGC COP26 Issue Briefs You can also find all key resources from the WGC on the “Resources” page.

Produced by the Women & Gender Constituency, this events list contains WGC members’ events at COP26, as well as key events on gender equality and feminist climate action. The list is organized by date and time. All times are in UK time/GMT. Events marked with an asterisk* indicate that a WGC member is speaking or… Read More

October 27, 2021 – As feminists, gender equality and women’s rights advocates from around the world—led by and accountable to the demands of frontlines, Indigenous and grassroots leaders— the Women and Gender Constituency have outlined below our key demands for the outcomes of COP26. We share these views in the reality of a world of… Read More

As Ministers gather for the Pre-COP in Milan, held from September 30 – October 2, 2021, the Women and Gender Constituency have outlined some key areas below where progress must be made to ensure substantive progress at COP26 in November. We share these views in the reality of a world of ever increasing climate impacts… Read More

The world we want – centered on care for people and planet – does not pit climate action against global health – it fosters ecosystems that work for all.  Monday, 13 September: Today, as feminists from around the world – including members of the Women and Gender Constituency to the UNFCCC and its diverse advocacy… Read More

The Women & Gender Constituency invites you to participate in the 2021 Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards! In 2015, the WGC launched its first ‘Gender-Just Climate Solutions’ Awards. These awards aim to showcase real solutions for a more just, equal and healthy planet. You can apply when you have any climate solution or initiative with… Read More

Press Conference: The Women and Gender Constituency’s view on Progress & Challenges on the Road to COP26 In the midst of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) virtual Subsidiary Body discussions, women’s rights and feminist advocates outline key opportunities and challenges for delivering ambitious climate action towards COP26.  Please download the press… Read More

On the road to COP26 the WGC attended the May-June Climate Change Conference (informal session of the subsidiary bodies) that took place 31 May to 17 June 2021. The WGC main demands on the road to COP26 can be found for download and below. A further set of recommendations for COP26 based on the outcomes… Read More

The joint-constituency “Call for Action” supported by CAN, DCJ, YOUNGO and the WGC sets out a vision for an effective and operational Santiago Network on Loss and Damage (SNLD), including actions that the Presidencies must undertake to deliver that at COP26, and the role of civil society in this process. Please find the full text… Read More

  Advocacy for gender responsive climate action is crucial in the upcoming months as countries deliver new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) until COP26, expected to take place at the end of this year. Real ambition would urgently bridge the current gap in pledges and the dire predictions of the latest IPCC report, while… Read More