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Promoting Public Promoting Public Participation in the Run-up to Participation in the Run-up to

Rio +20 Rio +20 –– Women’s Major Women’s Major GroupGroup

Dr. Anke StockDr. Anke Stock

Gender and RightsGender and Rights

CoordinatorCoordinator

WECFWECF

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ContentContent

• WECF’s WorkWECF’s Work• Rio as Starting Point for Aarhus - Rio as Starting Point for Aarhus -

AlmatyAlmaty• History of WECF’s Coordination RoleHistory of WECF’s Coordination Role• Preparations for Rio+20Preparations for Rio+20• ChallengesChallenges• RecommendationsRecommendations

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WECFWECF• Network of 100 Network of 100

women’s and women’s and environmental environmental NGOsNGOs

• Region: EECCARegion: EECCA • Issues: WIssues: Water & ater &

sanitation, sanitation, chemicals, energy chemicals, energy & cc, sust. rural & cc, sust. rural develop., rights & develop., rights & gendergender

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Rio as Starting Point for Rio as Starting Point for Aarhus - AlmatyAarhus - Almaty

• Principle 10 of Rio DeclarationPrinciple 10 of Rio Declaration• CSD - Agenda 21: nine major groupsCSD - Agenda 21: nine major groups• Rio +20: “institutional framework for Rio +20: “institutional framework for

sustainable development”sustainable development”• Aarhus Convention as “best practice”Aarhus Convention as “best practice”

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History of WECF’s History of WECF’s Coordination RoleCoordination Role

• Funded 1992 after Rio summitFunded 1992 after Rio summit• Major network in EECCAMajor network in EECCA• WECF elected lead of women’s major WECF elected lead of women’s major

groups at UNEP and CSD groups at UNEP and CSD • WECF organising partner of “women WECF organising partner of “women

and gender constituency” at UNFCCCand gender constituency” at UNFCCC

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Preparation for Rio +20Preparation for Rio +20• Call for all women’s Call for all women’s

NGOs to NGOs to participateparticipate

• Regional meetingsRegional meetings• Participation in Participation in

PREPCOMs and PREPCOMs and Intersessionals Intersessionals ‘10/’11/’12‘10/’11/’12

• Better involvement Better involvement of womenof women

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ChallengesChallenges

CONTENTCONTENT• RRoad map on oad map on

green, socially green, socially equitable economyequitable economy

• SSystem of int. ystem of int. governance governance recognising role of recognising role of women (Aarhus women (Aarhus example)example)

PROCEDURALPROCEDURAL• EEffective broad pp ffective broad pp

before and during before and during Rio +20Rio +20

• GGender equalityender equality• TTwo major groups wo major groups

representatives in representatives in BureauBureau

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RecommendationsRecommendations• Major groups’ Major groups’

involvement involvement at any at any stagestage

• Capacity-building Capacity-building essentialessential

• FFinancial means inancial means are necessary to are necessary to guarantee guarantee participationparticipation

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Recommendations cont. - Recommendations cont. - generalgeneral

• PP is not always enshrined in general PP is not always enshrined in general rulesrules

• Representativeness: guidelines for Representativeness: guidelines for internal structures of major groupsinternal structures of major groups

• Speaking rights (e.g. interventions) Speaking rights (e.g. interventions) should be improvedshould be improved

Thank you!Thank you!

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