CSD NGO Women's Caucus
Women's Caucus Tasks Towards Earth Summit 2002: Who Does What?
[ as of New York, 2 May 2001 ]
A
range of organisations are involved in the work of the women's caucus.
Please check the list below.
This list
is open for amendments !
All (regional) facilitators and global, regional or thematic networks can publish on their own name or in cooperation with the others – share with others in the caucus as much as possible; only if documents are endorsed by the women’s caucus they will be published as a caucus document.
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Convening
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Database of Women's Organisations and NGOs Working Women / Gender & Sustainable Development Issues |
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Convening
the Women's Caucus
and monitoring the pursuit of the other tasks
At meetings of the CSD and preparatory meetings to the Earth Summit 2002, the meetings of the Women's Caucus are convened by:
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WEDO
(Women's Environment and Development Organisation) |
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Managing the Caucus Website and List Serve
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UNED
Forum |
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Working on the Women's Action Agenda for a Healthy Planet
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REDEH |
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Linking with the UN and disseminating factual information about the process towards Earth Summit 2002
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WEDO
(Women's Environment and Development Organisation) |
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UNED
Forum |
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Regional Coordination & Facilitation
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Latin
America: |
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Carribean: |
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Europe: |
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Africa: |
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USA: |
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North
West Asia: |
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South East Asia: |
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West & Central Asia: |
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Thematic Facilitators
We aim to work though existing networks of women's organisations and NGOs (or create new ones where necessary) to work on specific issues. So far, the following thematic facilitators have been identified:
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Biodiversity: Diverse Women for Diversity |
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Economic
Justice / Finance: The Women's Caucus to the UN Financing for
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Energy:
ENERGIA,
Global Network on Gender & Energy |
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Freshwater: The Gender & Water Alliance |
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Women's Participation in Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues
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The women's caucus team, coordinated by: |
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WEDO
(Women's Environment and Development Organisation) |
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Connections With the Host Country South Africa
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South African Women's Network |
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COWAN
(Country Women Association of Nigeria), |
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ELCI
(Environment Liaison Centre International) |
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WEDO
(Women's Environment and Development Organisation) |
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UNED
Forum |
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Database of Women's Organisations and NGOs Working Women / Gender & Sustainable Development Issues
We are aiming to collect more contacts in order to ensure wide dissemination of information about the process towards Earth Summit 2002. Please forward contacts and databases to:
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Network
of NGOs of
Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women (CWN,
Commonwealth Women’s Network) |
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Skills Training
Providing skill straining for newcomers at meetings is an important service the women's caucus wants to offer. The following organisations have agreed to cooperate organising skills trainings:
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COWAN
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Ecumenical
Team |
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ELCI
(Environment Liaison Centre International) |
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NGO
Committee to CSW |
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UNED
Forum |
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WEDO |
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Advocacy / Lobbying
Everybody, in their home countries and regions, and at international meetings. However, some are taking on coordination of lobbying activities:
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ENDA-Senegal
(for Francophone Africa) |
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Everybody! However, we agreed that, if possible, we should keep each other informed about our fundraising activities - mainly to avoid approaching the same potential funders at the same time.
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