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Gender and Climate Change: Actions, Results and Lessons Learned
Member: Global Gender and Climate Alliance, UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), No Member

Dec 8, 2011

Thursday, Dec 8 – 18:00-19:30

RECEPTION; 19:30-20:00

EU Pavilion – Warsaw Room

This event will showcase successes achieved under the GGCA umbrella as well as bilateral cooperation through the Governments of Finland, Iceland, and South Africa, demonstrating best practice examples and strategies for successfully integrating gender perspective into international and national-level actions on climate change.

Moderator                  
Janet Kabeberi-Macharia
, Senior Gender Adviser, UNEP

Opening Remarks        
Hon. Ville Niinistö,
Minister of Environment, Government of Finland

GGCA Actions, Results and Lessons Learned

Lorena Aguilar                      
Global Senior Gender Adviser, IUCN

Monique Essed-Fernandes
Board Chair, WEDO

Patience Damptey                
Women Delegates Fund (WDF), Ghana

François Rogers                     
Special Advisor to the Gender Office, IUCN

Winnie Byanyima                 
Director, UNDP Gender Team

Merlyn Van Voore                
Program Officer, UNEP - Finance Initiative

Government Leadership on Gender and Climate Change

Mr. Hugi Olafsson                 
Director, Office of Policy & International Affairs, Ministry for the Environment, Iceland

Mr. Zane Dangor                  
Special Adviser to the Minister of Social Development, South Africa

Hon. Lulu Xingwana             
Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, South Africa


PUBLICATIONS
There are no publications for this event.
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