Global congress to focus on women in climate governance

The Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) are organising the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
The theme of the Congress is “Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction” and hopes to attract parliamentarians, decision-makers in national governments, environment organisations, youth leaders and media practitioners, funding/ donor agencies/ organisations for formulating gender-responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change and disaster risk reduction.