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From: "Third Global Congress for Women in Politics and Governance"
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:26 PM
Subject: Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance, 19-22
October 2008 - Dusit Hotel, Makati, Philippines
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and
the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UN-ISDR)!
We are pleased to invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in
Politics and Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the
Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the
congress is "Gender and Climate Change".
Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women
in the discourse and debate on climate change, a global mainstream issue
that is currently impacting the entire world. The involvement of women in
areas of environmental management and governance should not be perceived as
an afterthought. Women's roles are of considerable importance in the
promotion of environmental ethics.
The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate
change and its impacts and implications at the individual, household,
community and national levels. Studies show that women have a definite
information deficit on climate politics and climate protection. Only with
this information can women take their proper, significant and strategic role
in the issue of climate change.
Invited to this congress are women parliamentarians, women in decision -
making and governance, environment organizations, youth Leaders and Media
Practitioners
The Congress will have the following objectives:
Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for women legislators, and women in
decision making and environment organizations at all levels, in formulating
gender-responsive legislation and policies.
Specific Objectives:
a) To understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts and
implications;
b). to review and examine the gender aspects of climate change and formulate
appropriate actions to address such;
c). to define the roles women can play in addressing the issues of climate
change at the global, national and sub-national levels; and
d). to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy
advocates and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt
to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Congress Proceedings:
The discussion on gender and climate change will be organized around
identifying the challenges to action as well as defining the appropriate
responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change. Inputs to
the discussion will be collected and organized around: 1) geographic
location and 2) types of actions: i.e. preparedness, risk reduction:
building community resilience; adaptation; and mitigation. Cross cutting
these discussions will be the identification of technologies in aid of
responding to climate change.
The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating
actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and
mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts.
Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and
community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that
the likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity
or adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able
to respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails
actions that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change.
Mitigation entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of
climate change.
In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how
women and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should
define how women can be given the social space to participate, influence,
and benefit from global and local responses to climate change.
The registration fee for the four day congress is One thousand five hundred
fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,550.) per person for twin room sharing
accommodations (two persons in one room) and one thousand nine hundred fifty
US Dollars (US$ 1,950.) per person for single room accommodations (one
person in one room).
The training will be held on Oct 19-22, 2008. However, the participants will
be requested to be in Manila the day before, October 18, 2008 and leave
Manila only on October 23, 2008. The overnight hotel accommodation on
October 18, 2008 is already included in the fee. Participants will be
billeted in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of the congress and hotels near the
Dusit Hotel, accessible within walking distance. Room accommodations in the
Dusit Hotel, the venue of the Congress will be on a first come - first
served basis.
You can download the full information sheet and registration form for this
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance from our website,
www.capwip.org
Importance of the Congress
Today, on the average, one person out of nineteen in a developing country
will be hit by a climate disaster, compared to 1 out of 1,500 in an OECD
country. Climate change creates life time traps: in Niger, a child born
during a drought is 72 percent more likely to be stunted than a child born
during a normal season.
We hope that your organization can send participants to the Third Global
Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. The Theme of "Gender and
Climate Change" is the first time this will be discussed in a forum whose
objective is to formulate gender responsive legislation and policies for
national governments and parliaments.
We truly hope that the environment organizations will find this forum a good
opportunity to advocate gender and climate change policies and programs
through gender responsive legislation to the women parliamentarians,
decision makers, the youth leaders, media and the funding
agencies/organizations. Let us join hands in promoting gender responsive
governance through transformative leadership and citizenship. We are looking
forward to your participation.
Very truly yours,
(signed)
Jung-sook KIM (Ed.D.)
President
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
YSTAPHIL Building, 4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street
Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel. (632) 8516934 (632) 8516954; Tele Fax: (632) 8522112
Mobile Phone +639184596603
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Web: www.capwip.org www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org
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