Subcommittee on Women and Climate Change (WCC)
- Women’s organizations working on women and climate change
- Women’s adaptation practices & strategies
- Statements on climate change
- Tools for advocacy
Women’s organizations working on women and climate change
www.wedo.org, www.wedo.org/library WEDO
www.madre.org Madre - see programs
www.lwv.org League of Women Voters - search ‘climate change’
www.gencc.interconnection.org Gender & Climate Change Network - LIFE, WECF, SAGEN ENERGIA.
www.genderandenvironment.org IUCN is not a women’s organization but they have a program on gender and environment.
www.capwip.org Center for Asian Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) Go to Third Global congress, Background and Context to find papers given at the Congress that can be downloaded.
www.climateforchange.net Climate for Change: Gender equality & climate policy is a European project.
www.gendercc.net gendercc-women for climate justice is the gender network of women, gender activists, and gender experts from all world regions working for climate justice and gender equality
Women’s adaptation practices & strategies
www.ausaid.gov.au/closeup/gender_adaptation.cfm Micronesia - During the 1998 drought, women were the first to find potable water. Here’s an overview from AUSAID.
www.iadb.org/sds/doc/SOC-115E.pdf [PDF] Honduras - Prior to Hurricane Mitch (1998), it was decided that the women of La Masica would take equal part in the emergency management of their town. As a result, no deaths were reported from this town after the hurricane struck. This IADB article describes this effort.
www.greenbeltmovement.org The Greenbelt Movement - Female-led movement in Kenya that signed an emissions reduction agreement with the World Bank. They decided to plant trees and recently partnered with an NGO in Haiti to stop deforestation there.
Statements on climate change
www.wen.org.uk/climatechange/resources/WomensClimateChangeManifesto.ppt#8 [PowerPoint] This powerpoint of Women’s Manifesto on Climate Change was created and issued by Women’s Environmental Network (UK) and the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (UK) 5/07.
www.ienearth.org Visit the website of the Indigenous Environmental Network of Indigenous Peoples to read the Indigenous People’s Statement on Climate Change to the UNFCCC COP 14.
Tools for advocacy
www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/campaigns This URL will lead you to the OXFAM campaign on climate change, including their free DVD ‘Sisters on the Planet’ and other suggestions and materials for advocacy.
www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/campaigns See Women demand action on climate change, a brand new campaign to advocate for women’s involvement in climate change negotiations