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Gendercc Updates
Climate negotiations more effective if guided by long-term vision
Women and gender groups expressed their support for the new UNFCCC Secretary General, Christiana Figueres, who said that negotiations can be much more effective if we recognize a paradigm change based on responsibility to future generations. more
New issue of the GenderCC newsletter
The July issue of GenderCC's newsletter is published. It is meant to keep the Gender & Climate Change community up-to-date on current activities and news. You can subscribe to the free service more
Gender sensitive communication and education
Due to GenderCC's contributions to the European Regional Workshop on Article 6 of the Convention women and gender issues were discussed and strongly integrated into the recently published report. more
Gender activities at AWG-KP 13 and AWG-LCA 11 in Bonn
From 2-6 August 2010, GenderCC and other women and gender organisations gathered together in the Women and Gender NGO constituency. more
Share of Women at Climate Negotiations
Women's representation still at the Climate Negotiations still remains low. A head count has revealed that only 30-35% of member delegations and about 20% of heads of delegations were female. more
Still lack of ambition and knowledge gaps in gender and climate change policy
As the meeting of the UNFCCC Convention subsidiary bodies is reaching its end, it becomes obvious that there hasn’t been much progress in reaching an agreement within this year. more
Back to back to the negotiations, GenderCC, Bread for the World, BRIDGE, Gender & Disaster Network and EED invited climate change and development researchers, practitioners and experts. more
Who we are
GenderCC – women for climate justice is the global network of women and gender activists, and gender experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. Since our collaboration has started at UNFCCC COP9 in Milan in 2004, the response to our efforts is increasing...more
Acknowledgement
The development and technical implementation of the platform was funded by the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety. Financial support from the German Minstry for Economic Cooperation and Development (2010-2011), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (2008-2010) and Oxfam Novib (2008-2009) contribute to maintain the site and to facilitate the network.