In further efforts to support the advancement of women’s empowerment and gender-sensitive climate policy, in June 2013, WEDO was invited to join a Regional Meeting on Gender and Climate Change, spearheaded by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) This meeting brought together policy makers, gender practitioners and negotiators to discuss the status of gender and climate change in Africa with a view to identifying options and ways of advancing the goal of gender balance in the UNFCCC and informing gender-sensitive climate policy from Africa’s perspective. The meeting included delegates and representatives of around 10 African countries, including countries participating in WEDO’s Women Delegates Fund program.
