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MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 23 rd FEBRUARY 2011

MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 23 rd FEBRUARY 2011 Rio+20. Sascha Gabizon, WECF Women Rio+20 Steering Committee. Women and GE Women and IEG Planning for Rio+20. Content:. Do women need a Green Economy outcome in Rio?.

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MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 23 rd FEBRUARY 2011

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  1. MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF WOMEN MINISTERS AND LEADERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT23rd FEBRUARY 2011 Rio+20 Sascha Gabizon, WECF Women Rio+20 Steering Committee

  2. Women and GE Women and IEG Planning for Rio+20 Content:

  3. Do women need a Green Economy outcome in Rio? • Or is the market already going green and including women by itself? • China's richest person a waste-paper woman Zhang Yin - worth estimated 3.4 billion USD. China Daily, 12 October 2006

  4. Social and economic inequities are especially hard on women and children Women are 70% of the 1.3 billion poor More pressure on women from current food, fuel and financial crises Living with less than 1 dollar a day

  5. The vulnerable and poor cannot rely on market mechanisms alone They need rights to protect their lives and livelihoods A ‘green’ economic system must promote social equity and gender equity Link IEG and GE! Markets needs legal frameworks and incentives to assure equity

  6. Target: 40% women’s share in new green jobs Social protection floor- especially for women house-workers / informal sectors Regulation for safe and healthy jobs (chemicals, radiation..) Possible priorities for women and the Green Economy

  7. Secure women’s property rights, land tenure, and control over natural resources Promote women’s access to finance, technologies, information, health care Enable women - and men - to combine their jobs with childcare Promote women in decision making in policy and business (e.g. Norway) Promote women’s economic contributions: enable them!

  8. Women and GE Women and International Governance Planning for Rio+20

  9. Outcome from Rio2012: Support an agreement to implement Rio Principle 10* Assure women’s equal access to information, public participation and justice * Examples exist a.o. in UNECE Aarhus Convention, Biosafety Protocol as essential elements of capacity-building, in many national legislations in all regions Possible priorities for women and international governance

  10. The economy should support well-being for all within the carrying capacity of the planet Currently; most of humanity (women) and the planet are used for the economy of a few Possible priorities for women and international governance - 2

  11. Governance of financial and economic systems Abolishing perverse subsidies = cheapest way to sustainable development New funding for social and environmental protection, and women in GE: Financial Transaction Tax (tobin) Ocean levy Kerosene tax Mining/Primary extraction tax Making the economic sector work for society and environment

  12. Which fits these objectives (form fits function): Bring environment ministers higher on the agenda Influence financial decisions with impact on the environment Assess and monitor new technologies before widespread use (geo-engineering, nanotech, ..) Provide new funding means, incl.soft funding Have the authority to improve coherence between international agencies Equitable, transparent, accountable, dispute settlement Create an international environmental governance structure

  13. Bottom up - support local women’s organisations

  14. Women and GE Women and International Governance Planning for Rio+20

  15. High-level women’s summit in Rio 2012 Output: Women’s Rio2012 Resolution as input for the UNCSD Women and Green Economy session in UNCSD Women and the Green Economy Best-Practice Award International call for best practices Award ceremony Possible plans for women’s actions up to Rio2012

  16. Network of Ministers and Leaders of Agriculture (announced interest) Women on Ban Ki Moon’s High level Panel on Sustainable Development Heads of State: Brazil, Argentina, Liberia, Finland.. Women ministers of equality and finance/economics Parliamentarians Possible Actors from Government

  17. Women Rio+20 steering committee Women in Major Groups such as: ITUC women Women Mayors of cities Women CEOs (davos) Women in science Women in NGOs Ciwil: Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership and other women Possible actors from civil society

  18. Thank You

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