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  • Reframing Leadership for Women and Men for Gender Equality
    Reframing Leadership for Women and Men for Gender Equality, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Nov.14-18, 2011 
  • Linda Mossop- Rousseau representing the Major Group Women at the UNFF in Bonn, Germany from 2-7 Oct. 2011
    Linda Mossop- Rousseau representing the Major Group Women at the UNFF in Bonn, Germany from 2-7 Oct. 2011 
  • Maris Gavino, WOCAN Liaison in Rome, attending 2nd Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair, 26-29 Sept. 2011
    Maris Gavino, WOCAN Liaison in Rome, attending 2nd Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair, 26-29 Sept. 2011 
  • WOCAN Executive Director Dr. Jeannette Gurung and RECOFTC Executive Director Dr. Tint L. Thaung sign MoU for joint activities in the Asia/Pacific Region
    WOCAN Executive Director Dr. Jeannette Gurung and RECOFTC Executive Director Dr. Tint L. Thaung sign MoU for joint activities in the Asia/Pacific Region 
  • Workshop on -CSO (Civil Society Organsation) Consultation on Nepal's Proposal on Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
    Workshop on -CSO (Civil Society Organsation) Consultation on Nepal's Proposal on Global Agriculture and Food Security Program 
  • Developing Aciton after the Training/and Evaluation, Women's Leadership Training in Nepal
    Developing Aciton after the Training/and Evaluation, Women's Leadership Training in Nepal 
  • Women Discussing/Evaluating the Leadership Skills they Learnt
    Women Discussing/Evaluating the Leadership Skills they Learnt, Women's Leadership Training in Nepal 
  • WOCAN Director presents on Gender and REDD+ at OXFAM US Workshop with IUCN and WEDO
    WOCAN Director presents on Gender and REDD+ at OXFAM US Workshop with IUCN and WEDO  
  • Experts Gather at European Rural Development Forum, March 2011
    Experts Gather at European Rural Development Forum, March 2011 
  • NWMLA Presentation: Women Chart a New Path for Leadership’- Dec 1, 2010 (U.S. Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and WOCAN Staff Alexandra Spieldoch)
    NWMLA Presentation: Women Chart a New Path for Leadership’- Dec 1, 2010 (U.S. Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and WOCAN Staff Alexandra Spieldoch) 
  • Women in REDD at the UNFCCC 2010
    Women in REDD at the UNFCCC 2010 
  • WOCAN at the Committee on Food Security Meeting, October 2010
    WOCAN at the Committee on Food Security Meeting, October 2010 

Annina Lubbock
Senior Gender Advisor, Gender and Poverty Targeting, IFAD
Rome, Italy

Q: Why is a partnership between WOCAN and IFAD important?

A: IFAD is pleased to partner with and support WOCAN to create a platform for women professionals and activists, from both developed and developing countries, to advocate more effectively for gender/women’s concerns in agriculture and NRM at both country and global levels. The North-South partnership -a key feature of WOCAN- linking women...

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WOCAN needs your vote to win an observer seat at the Forest Investment Program
WOCAN has been placed on the shortlist of civil society observer candidates for the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Forest Investment Program Asia seat, which means we are being considered for a seat at the Forest Investment Program. This is great news, as we have been advocating for WOMEN to have a seat at this table for the last few years; there are currently hardly any women representatives at any of the funding mechanisms for REDD or climate change. But...we need your votes in order to win this seat, so please follow this link to vote by Jan. 31.

WOCAN gives presentation at the Food Security and Agriculture working group (SID) on December 12, 2011, in Washington, DC
Presentation was on Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Gender. The panel was hosted at PACT and included Lamia El-Fattal, liaison officer for WOCAN in Washington DC and Gerald Nelson from IFPRI

Searching for a Panelist for the WOCAN Parallel Event during NGO CSW Forum
Deadline: December 30, 2011

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Lessons Learned (Asia-Pacific). Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment:Women in REDD+
New publication on UN-REDD Asia/Pacific Work on Gender Women's Empowerment is now available in WOCAN`s web-site. The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Collaborative Initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). It builds on the convening role and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Programme supports developing countries prepare and implement national REDD+ strategies.

The CCAFS has launched its recommendations from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change
The Commission is made up of 13 high level international experts from a diverse range of agriculture-related disciplines and geographic areas. They have reviewed the existing evidence base in order to come up with a set of concrete policy actions for transforming the food system in the face of climate change.

The World Bank has Officially Launched a New Online Forum: Genderinag.org
The World Bank has officially launched a new online forum with resources, tools and information to help practitioners and other stakeholders mainstream gender into agricultural development.

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