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...
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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,
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By Ayuska Motha, UN Rep, AIWC Cologne
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...
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By Ayuska Motha, UN Rep, AIWC Cologne
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...
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by Karen Castellon, FAUSA, AWC Berlin, AWAquitane
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...
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by Claire Castellon, FAWCO UN Youth Rep
Girl Scouts of USA
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Salvation Army Auditorium
Sarah from Oklahoma. I was impressed by her experience of not being able to access the Internet in her small, rural town of 2,334 residents. This made me realize that not everyone has the privilege to have access to what...