Women's Environment & Development Organization
- Women's Environment & Development Organization
The Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) is an international non-governmental organization based in New York, U.S. that advocates women’s equality in global policy. It was founded in 1990 by Bella Abzug and Mim Kelber to take action in the United Nations and other international policymaking forums. Its early successes included achieving gender equality in the final documents of Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration. In 2006, the organization was named as an international Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Programme.
WEDO focuses its work in three programmatic areas: Gender & Governance, Sustainable Development, and Economic & Social Justice. Priority projects include MisFortune500.org, climate change advocacy, and UN Reform.
ee also
* Wangari Maathai
* Vandana Shiva
References
* [http://www.unep.org/champions/Winners/winners2006/default.asp?ct=b1 Summary of 2006 Champions of the Earth, United Nations Environment Programme]
External links
* [http://www.unep.org/women_env/ Women and the Environment]
* [http://www.unep.org/gender_env/ Gender and the Environment]
* [http://www.wedo.org/index.aspx Women's Environment & Development Organization]
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