16 07, 2019

Peoples’ development justice movement gathered in New York

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:18+00:00 July 16th, 2019|Advocacy, APWLD, Events, Gender equality, GFC, News, WECF, WMG|0 Comments

Demanding governments to having a people-centred approach to development More than 100 civil society organisations, activists and human rights defenders from New York and across the globe gathered yesterday, Sunday, 15 July at a “Ground Level Peoples’ Forum” (GLPF) to share their struggles and reflect on the rise of macho fascist politics, amidst the growing [...]

15 07, 2019

Tunisia

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:18+00:00 July 15th, 2019|Advocacy, Events, Gender Assessments, Gender equality, News, Shadow reports, Shadow reports 2019, WECF|0 Comments

Our partner organisation WEP Tunisie has prepared this shadow report in parallel to Tunisia’s Voluntary National Review, presented at the High Level Political Forum 2019. You can download it here: Tunisia's shadow report

15 07, 2019

Serbia

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:18+00:00 July 15th, 2019|Advocacy, Events, Gender Assessments, Gender equality, News, Shadow reports, Shadow reports 2019, WECF|0 Comments

Our partner organisation EASD has prepared this shadow report in parallel to Serbia’s Voluntary National Review, presented at the High Level Political Forum 2019. You can download it here: Serbia's shadow report. High Level Political Forum Aleksandra Mladenovic (Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development) delivered a combined statement on behalf of the Women’s Major Group, on [...]

12 07, 2019

Land rights and livelihoods key to achieving sustainable development for Kenya’s indigenous women

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:18+00:00 July 12th, 2019|Advocacy, Climate, Gender equality, GFC, News|0 Comments

en español Governments gathered today at the High-level Political Forum at United Nations Headquarters in New York are discussing Sustainable Development Goal 13, on climate action. But whilst these discussions take place on what will clearly be another set of missed international goals, rural and Indigenous women in communities far removed from New York skyscrapers [...]

11 07, 2019

Feminists speak out on women’s labor rights at United Nations High Level Political Forum

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:18+00:00 July 11th, 2019|Advocacy, Events, Gender equality, News, Press release, WECF, WMG|0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Wednesday July 10th 2019, 2:30pm Contact: Mara Dolan 217-550-8433 mara@wedo.org [NEW YORK, NEW YORK] Feminist activists at the United Nations will speak out today against sexism and oppression in the workplace, to remind diplomats that in the global workforce,  “When women stop, the world stops.” At 2:30pm on Wednesday, women in [...]

10 07, 2019

Chad

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:48+00:00 July 10th, 2019|Advocacy, Gender Assessments, Gender equality, News, Shadow reports, Shadow reports 2019, WECF|0 Comments

Our partner Colette Benoudji from the organisation Lead Tchad has prepared this shadow report in parallel to Chad's Voluntary National Reviews, presented at the High Level Political Forum 2019. You can download it here: Chad shadow report  

5 07, 2019

#HerstoryofChange: Twitterstorm at HLPF

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:49+00:00 July 5th, 2019|APWLD, Events, Gender equality, GFC, GWA, News, Our stories, Outreach, WECF, WEP|0 Comments

Tuesday next week is the first day of the High Level Political Forum! It is held annually at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Every year it focuses on different themes and SDGs. The theme this year is “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality” and we will be reviewing SDG 4, 8, 10, [...]

4 07, 2019

Liliana Marcela Rueda

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:49+00:00 July 4th, 2019|Our stories|0 Comments

en español Location: Vereda Centenario, Lebirja Municipality, Santander Department, Colombia Works for: Asociación Municipal de Mujeres Campesinas de Lebrija (AMMUCALE) and Colectivo de Reservas Campesinas y Comunitarias de Santander Role in #women2030: Participant in training and capacity-building workshops Related SDGs: SDG 1​, SDG 2​ ,SDG 4​, SDG 5, SDG 6​, SDG 7 My name is Liliana [...]

1 07, 2019

Women’s Major Group position paper

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:49+00:00 July 1st, 2019|Advocacy, APWLD, Climate, Gender equality, GFC, News, Policy paper, WECF, WMG|0 Comments

Women today find ourselves in very difficult times. We see this in rising protectionist governments; xenophobia, misogyny, and discrimination; governments turning more inward and backward to the detriment of the world; and power ever more concentrated among elite and corporations. We see this in environmental destruction, violations of women’s human rights, privatization of public goods, [...]

1 07, 2019

Teodolina Villalba

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:49+00:00 July 1st, 2019|Our stories|0 Comments

en español Location: San Isidro Community, Yrybucua District, Paraguay Works for: Federación Nacional Campesina (National Peasant’s Federation) Role in #women2030: Training participant Related SDGs: SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 6, SDG 12, SDG 13, SDG 15 In Paraguay at Federación Nacional Campesina I am responsible for the coordination. I work [...]