... and hear some of their impressions.
Compiled by Ayuska Motha, AIWC Cologne
COP28 (the 28th Conference Of the Parties to the Paris Agreement) was convened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30 to December 13, 2023. FAWCO was fortunate to be provided with three badges to attend the two-week UN climate summit as civil society observers. Two FAWCO...
In light of unmistakable signs of climate change – ranging from droughts and floods to rising temperatures – we find ourselves compelled to acknowledge its undeniable presence. Eight years ago, representatives from 195 nations committed to a binding treaty, commonly known as the Paris Agreement, aiming to restrict the global mean temperature increase to below 2 °C. Unfortunately, recent data...
November 25 is the International Day to End Violence Against Women, and the first day of the #16 Days Campaign. Why November 25th? I heard the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the UN in Vienna tell the story of Las Hermanas Mirabal, or the Mirabal Sisters. Patria, Minerva and Antonia Mirabal, killed in the Dominican Republic on November 25,
Someone recently asked me: “What is the difference between the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) and the UN Bonn Intersessional Meetings?”
Terms defined:
UN Climate Change Conferences
The 58th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SB58) of the United Nations Framework...
Every year there is a COP (Conference of the Parties) in November or December as well an Intersessional Meeting that takes place in Bonn in May or June. This year the Intersessional Meeting (UN Climate Negotiations) was held from Monday, June 5 to Thursday, June 15, 2023 in Bonn. This year’s COP (COP28) will...
She Surfs Freedom: Approaches to Ending Violence against Women and Girls Online and Creating Safe Spaces for Young Women and Girls
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Salvation Army Auditorium
This panel discussed the results of a survey conducted during the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based...