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The WWG on FfD is an alliance
of women's organizations and networks that advocates for the advancement of
gender equality, women's empowerment and human rights in UN processes related
to FfD and the global financial and economic crises.
The WWG on FfD is coordinated by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
and includes the following networks/organizations: African Women's Development and
Communication Network (FEMNET), Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID),
Feminist Task Force-Global
Call to Action against Poverty (FTF-GCAP), Global Policy Forum (GPF),
International Gender and Trade
Network (IGTN), International
Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), Women’s Environment and Development
Organization (WEDO) and Women in Development-Europe (WIDE).
The WWG on FfD listserv gender-in-ffd@googlegroups.com
is a vehicle to exchange information, updates and feminist analyses on FfD
issues and to advance development alternatives. To join the listserv or for
more information please contact: info@dawnnet.org.
The WWG on FfD is seizing this political moment to move towards a rights-based
global development architecture that recognizes the central role of the care
economy, social reproduction and sexuality. The following UN processes present
opportunities to make significant structural changes in the global development
architecture:
Jun
1-3, 2009 |
High
Level Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on
Development |
May
18-19, 2009 |
UNCTAD
Symposium on ‘The Global Economic Crisis and Development - The Way Forward’ |
Apr
27, 2009 |
ECOSOC-BWIs-WTO-UNCTAD Spring Meeting
|
Mar
5, 2009 |
Commission on the Status of Women
|
Feb-Mar
2009 |
Commission
of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System |
Nov
29-Dec 2, 2008 |
Doha
Review Conference on Financing for Development (Nov 2008) |
Jun
18, 2008 |
Hearings
of Civil Society on FfD
|
Jun
16-17, 2008 |
ECOSOC
Development Cooperation Forum
|
Apr
17-25, 2008 |
UNCTAD
XII and Civil Society Forum
|
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