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Affirmative action can restore gender balance at UN climate talks report
2013-06-08 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Quotas and targeted funding could be used to boost the participation of women at the UN climate talks, a new report by UN Women and the Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Justice (MRFCJ) has recommended. With only a third of delegates at the talks women and only one in five delegations headed by women, the MRFCJ calls for a series of actions to improve the situation. At the UN talks in Doha last year, all governments agreed to start work on tackling the problem by: Promoting gender balance and...
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