WOCAN is re-elected to the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) Steering Committee (SC) for July 2014 to June 2016. Vera P. Weill-Halle, Chairperson of WOCAN Board of Directors, will continue as our representative. WOCAN would like to congratulate the other two newly elected GGCA Steering Committee members: Population Action International (PAI) and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests. WOCAN is excited to continue the collaboration with GGCA to ensure that climate change policies, decision making processes, and initiatives at the global, regional, and national levels are gender responsive.
The SC’s roles and responsibilities are that they provide strategic direction, sets criteria for membership, take decisions on GGCA membership applications, identify funding needs, mobilize resources, oversee the work of the Secretariat, and respond to the requests and comments of GGCA Members. The SC meets twice a year, typically in coordination with a UNFCCC session.