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European Feminist Lesbian Conference in Kiyv: We need anger, realism and lots of love

By | 2023-03-13T08:35:49+00:00 June 16th, 2019|Advocacy, Events, Gender equality, News, Outreach, WECF|

Over 350 lesbians* bringing #LesbianGenius to the world, gathered for 3 days in a Soviet era Turist hotel, guarded like a fortress by  police and National Guard, where the halls were renamed for three days honouring fierce feminists.  The second European Lesbian * Conference (EL * C) took place in April in Kiev, Ukraine. It [...]

SEA policy

By | 2023-03-10T08:37:55+00:00 August 24th, 2018|

Policy on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment and Abuse As a feminist organisation WECF International is committed to providing a safe environment for all its employees free from discrimination on any ground and from harassment at work including sexual harassment, and to work with staff and Women2030 network partners towards a world free of [...]

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HLPF2018: national reviews or holiday commercials?!

By | 2023-03-13T08:36:15+00:00 August 7th, 2018|Advocacy, News, WECF|

"While HLPF is a great space for feminist solidarity, networking, awareness raising and knowledge sharing of best practices, you cannot really shake the feeling of: are we really doing enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?" As you walked the corridors of the United Nations headquarters during HLPF, you could feel the tension of distress [...]

Armenian Policy Dialogue on Agenda2030

By | 2023-03-13T08:36:34+00:00 July 2nd, 2018|Advocacy, News, WECF|

Women2030 Program, Yerevan, 18 June 2018 WECF and Armenian partners invited 30 Civil Society Organisations and Government representatives to prepare input for Agenda2030 UN top in July WECF and Armenian partners invited 30 Civil Society Organisations and Government representatives to prepare input for Agenda2030 UN top in July Sustainable Armenia Everything is in transformation in [...]

Comparative study on energy cooperatives in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans

By | 2023-03-13T08:36:34+00:00 June 22nd, 2018|Climate, Energy, Reports & studies, WECF|

The study analyzes the potential of energy cooperatives as a decentralized renewable energy supply. What contribution can you make towards: achieving the sustainable development goals; improving local value creation and increasing energy independence? This study looks specifically at the countries Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. This study was made in collaboration with [...]

#Women2030 partners at the European Development Days

By | 2023-03-13T08:36:35+00:00 June 5th, 2018|APWLD, Events, GFC, GWA, Press release, WECF, WEP|

The coalition and local partners of the programme #Women2030 will be present at the European Development Days in Brussels, on 5 and 6 June 2018, on their stand number 79, to facilitate dialogues with local partners from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Caucasus, and to showcase results after 2 years of implementation. #Women2030 coalition and [...]

The Rural is Political: a brief summary of WECF’s activities at CSW62

By | 2023-03-13T08:36:35+00:00 April 27th, 2018|Advocacy, Gender equality, News, WECF|

CSW62 CONCLUSIONS On March 12th 2018, the 62nd CSW session was opened at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. WECF was represented by Anke Stock, Sascha Gabizon, Hanna Gunnarsson and our partner Agnes Mirembe (ARUWE, Uganda) and Sonia (BaliFokus). Many important conclusions were reached and agreed upon, among which: increased financing and official [...]

Women2030 Gender Training and CCRI workshop

By | 2023-03-13T08:37:35+00:00 August 29th, 2017|News, Trainings (ToT)|

The Women2030 gender training and CCRI workshop took place from the 28th and 29th of August in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Overall the CCRI aims to contribute to the implementation of the CBD’s 2011-2020 Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets by providing policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for community conservation. To do this, CCRI [...]

[PR] Women warn UN High Level Political Forum could become futile if it does not address systemic obstacles to SDGs

By | 2023-03-13T08:37:57+00:00 July 20th, 2016|News|

Press Announcement Women 2030 Women2030, which works as part of the Women’s Major Group [1], gathered at the United Nations High Level Political Forum  (HLPF) [2] which closed on July 20, 2016. The woman’s alliance warns about it failing to address key obstacles to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [3]. Day 2 at the HLPF, [...]