By Pebang Danladi | Publish Date: Jun 15 2017 2:00AM A civil society activist and leading participant in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria said greater involvement of state governments is aiding the capacity for success in implementation. The Representative of Civil Society Strategy Group on SDGs, Mrs Priscilla Achakpa, said [...]
GrassRootsAfrica, representing Women Environmental Programme and Women2030, attended Regional Consultation Meeting for Africa Major Groups and Stakeholders Prior to the 16th African Ministerial Conference on Environment( AMCEN-United Nations Environment Programme) in Gabon. The meeting gave an opportunity to African civil society representatives and other actors like women, youth, indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers – to [...]
Going forward in shaping the rules for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, while taking the gender perspective into account “This meeting will enable governments to push further on the rules for making the Paris Agreement fully operational”, said UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa for the launch of the intersession, which was held from 8 [...]
The regional Women2030 training in Latin America was held from 29 November to 1 December in Cancun, Mexico. The first two days were attended by the seven Women2030 partner groups in Latin America, as well as by partner groups from six other countries. On the first day there was an introduction to the SGDs, gender [...]
Press release COP22, Marrakesh, Morocco 04 November 2016 Preparing for their participation in the COP 22, Women2030 will be holding an African Regional Training for 30 Women and gender Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Marrakesh, Morocco, November 4-5, 2016 Faced with structural inequalities, women have less resources to put their livelihoods back together again after [...]
WEP at UNEA 2 Women Environmental Programme was at the second United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA2) that held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 – 27 May, 2016. The Assembly, convened by the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, brought together diverse stakeholders ranging from UN member states, Major groups, civil society organizations, scientists, development organizations and [...]
The Central Asia regional meeting of the Women2030 project, the first of four regional meetings for the project, will be held in Batumi, Georgia from 5 – 10 June. This meeting will be held back to back to the EfE Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” in Batumi. The Central Asia regional meeting will bring together [...]
WECF organised the regional meeting of the Women2030 project in Batumi, back to back with the 8th Ministerial Environment for Europe Conference, Georgia. The EECCA (Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia) regional meeting of the Women2030 project, the first of four regional meetings for the project, took place in Batumi, Georgia, June 6 and 7, back [...]
