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Global indigenous women leaders make sure their voices are heard loud & clear
2013-11-07 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Womens News Network: Local Indigenous women representatives from the Arctic Circle to Australia traveled to Peru in October 2013 to discuss issues in the rise in widespread gender-based violence and other experiences of injustice and marginalization, as well as a myriad of other challenges facing indigenous women across the globe. Image: AAP (WNN) Lima, PERU, SOUTH AMERICA: On October 28, 2013 indigenous women from around the globe came together to prepare for the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in September...
Women leaders convene to make a move on climate change
2013-09-19 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 100 prominent women's rights leaders and activists from more than 35 countries will gather to build international momentum for increased attention, funding and action on the issue of climate change and to craft a Women's Climate Action Agenda to be presented to the United Nations as the international body's general debate gets underway next week. The first International Women's Earth and Climate Summit (IWECS), an offshoot of the International Women's Earth and Climate Initiative (IWECI),...