Women's Working Group on Financing for Development

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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 WWG on FfD Intervention at ECOSOC Panel Discussion on ‘Civil Society Perspectives on the FfD Agenda’ by Marina Durano, DAWN [English ]
Mar 5, 2009	Commission on the Status of Women WWG on FfD Intervention at ‘Interactive Expert Panel on the Emerging Issue: The Gender Perspectives of the Financial Crisis’ by Marina Durano, DAWN [English ] ‘Food Crisis and Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa’ presented at ‘Financial Crisis Workshop: Policy Issues and Priorities’ by Zo Randriamaro, DAWN [English ] ‘Initiatives that Bring Justice in the Financial Meltdown’ presented at ‘Financial Crisis Workshop: Policy Issues and Priorities’ by Magda Lanuza, Agribusiness Accountability Initiative [English ]
Feb-Mar 2009	Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System WWG on FfD Summary of Proposals to Reform the International Monetary and Financial System [English ] WWG on FfD Submission to the UN-NGLS NGO Consultation [English ]
Nov 29-Dec 2, 2008	Doha Review Conference on Financing for Development (Nov 2008) Post-Doha WWG on FfD Statement ‘Good But Not Enough: Women’s Rights and Gender Equality’ [English ] Pre-Doha WWG on FfD Statement ‘Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Financing for Development’ [English ]
Jun 18, 2008	Hearings of Civil Society on FfD WWG on FfD Intervention by Gigi Francisco, DAWN [English ]
Jun 16-17, 2008	ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum Women’s Consultation Declaration [English ]
Apr 17-25, 2008	UNCTAD XII and Civil Society Forum WWG on FfD Statement by IGTN and NETRIGHT [English ]

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