UN Commision on Sustainable Development
[ May 2, 2009 to May 13, 2009. ] The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of United...
View ArticleOne UN Meeting in Tanzania
[ June 19, 2009; ] The Gender and Governance program will be holding a meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as part of its initiative to ensure that a gender perspective is incorporated in the Delivering...
View ArticleOne UN Meeting in Viet Nam
[ July 7, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] The Gender and Governance program will be holding a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam as part of its initiative to ensure that a gender perspective is incorporated in the Delivering...
View ArticleWEDO Comments on CEDAW Committee’s Crucial Role
New York, August 12–In an article published by IPS about the recent Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) session that ended Aug 7th, Colette Tamko, Gender...
View ArticleGEAR Campaign—More Work to be Done!
New York, October 21–On September 14th, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution on System-wide Coherence, allowing for the creation of a new, stronger composite women’s agency at the...
View Article“Finally, a UN Women’s Agency with Muscle”
Read this article by Colette N. Tamko appearing on http://womensmediacenter.com …
View ArticleGEAR up with WEDO at the CSW!
New York, February 26 — WEDO is ready to GEAR up at the CSW54! Colette Tamko, Gender and Governance Program Coordinator at WEDO, is a leading member of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR)...
View ArticleWorldwide Support for an Equitable Number of Women on the High Level Advisory...
UPDATE: Ms. Christine Lagarde, Minister of Finance of France is now a member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. New York, March 12 — As of 12pm EST...
View ArticleInternational Press Coverage of GEAR and the New Women’s Entity
New York, March 18 — The GEAR Campaign has compiled a document with links to recent coverage in the French speaking press of the new women’s entity at the UN and GEAR’s efforts in that regard. It’s...
View ArticlePreparing for the 2010 MDG Summit
New York, August 20, 2010- From September 20th-22nd (Monday to Wednesday), the United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals will be held at UN Headquarters in New York....
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