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<p class="MsoNormal">Publication – Gender Just Climate Solutions 2018 – 49 Pages:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ctc-n.org/sites/www.ctc-n.org/files/resources/2018genderjustclimatesolutionsenglish.pdf"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ctc-n.org/sites/www.ctc-n.org/files/resources/2018genderjustclimatesolutionsenglish.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WECF – Women Engage for a Common Future<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.wecf.org/gjcs-award-apply-2019/">https://www.wecf.org/gjcs-award-apply-2019/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Gender Just Climate Solutions - Apply Now
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">to Showcase Your Initiative at COP25!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2019 – COP25 – November 11-22, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">5th July 2019, Munich -
</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Four years ago, the Paris agreement was adopted with an important preamble that makes specific references to human rights and gender equality. Yet today, even after the adoption of a gender
action plan at COP23, many decision makers still do not understand how adopting a rights based and gender-responsive approach can lead to more ambitious and effective climate policies. That is why we want to showcase the
<a href="https://www.wecf.org/gjcs/"><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">Gender Just Climate Solutions</span></a> at the upcoming climate negotiations. WECF and the Women and Gender Constituency are launching
today, July 5th 2019, the fifth edition of the Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards, that will honour at COP25 the fundamental contribution of women in the fight against climate change. These awards are made to inspire political decision makers and funders
to develop a more inclusive, fair and effective climate strategies. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><b><span style="color:#303133">Women’s unequal participation in decision-making processes</span></b><span style="color:#777777">, their reduced access to financial resources and labour markets, prevent them from
actively contributing to climate-related planning, policy-making and implementation. The Gender Action Plan that was adopted by the countries at COP23 aims at addressing those gaps, and the recent climate negotiations conducted in Bonn last June, provided
an opportunity to prepare for a renewed and more ambitious Gender Action Plan for COP25. The Women and Gender Constituency wants more commitments for climate finance and technology transfer that actively address persisting gender inequalities, for example
in the energy and transport sectors. We want strengthened capacity building at all levels, and stronger support to ensure the meaningful participation of local women in climate policy processes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><b><span style="color:#303133">Policy makers tend to focus on large-scale,</span></b><span style="color:#777777"> highly sophisticated solutions, but these often exclude local populations and women from the planning
and decision making processes, as shown in a recent study of the International Labour Organisation (1). The Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards showcase the strong potential of bundling and replicating tested, community driven and gender-just small scale
solutions. They can attain similar climate impacts whilst unlocking multiple social and environmental co-benefits. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><span style="color:#777777">For example, in rural Cameroon, training women on mud-building techniques for clean cookstoves has opened the way for new skill-sharing networks among communities and contributed to
building peace in the project area (award winner 2017, Sonita Mbah). In India, relying on self-help groups among women farmers for the implementation of an innovative rainwater collection system, has led to a very strong adoption rate in 7 provinces, improving
crop yields and livelihoods of thousands of farmer families (award winner 2018, Trupti Jain). In Laos, rehabilitating traditional non-timber harvesting practices owned by women have enhanced their status in the community, helped resolve conflicts among ethnic
groups and contributed to a more sustainable use of the endangered forests (award winner 2017, Elizabeth Thipphawong). In Morocco, the mentoring support we provided to our 2016 award winners, Jamila Idbourrous and Katim Alaoui, will lead to the creation of
several women-lead energy cooperatives for the local production of decentralized solar solutions responding to the needs of rural populations and small farmers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><span style="color:#777777">This year again we will be proud to showcase and promote new gender just climate solutions during the upcoming UN Climate Conference, in Santiago de Chile. Apply with your project in
one of the following three categories: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#777777;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Technical solutions</b> (e.g. in the area of renewables, water-saving adaptation technologies etc.)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#777777;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Non-technical solutions</b> (e.g. in the area of efficiency, consumption changes etc.)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#777777;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Transformational solutions</b> (e.g. addressing governance, institutional change, development models etc.)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><span style="color:#777777">The winners will receive a grant of 2000€ and benefit from a 1-year-mentoring programmeof the Women and Gender Constituency, to build their capacity towards scaling-up, access to climate
technologies and climate finance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><b><span style="color:#303133">HOW TO APPLY:</span></b><span style="color:#777777"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><span style="color:#777777">The subscription is simple and free! You need to create an account in order to be able to participate. Click on the following link and fill the required information regarding your profile
and project. Submit and participate! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><span style="color:#C00000">The deadline for entries is <b>Monday, September 09, 2019, 5pm EST.</b></span><b><span style="color:#303133"> </span></b><span style="color:#777777"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><span style="color:#777777">Initiatives will be reviewed by an international jury with members of the Women and Gender Constituency and will be weighted taking into account the criteria aimed to measure contributions
to gender equality, resilience and sustainability.You apply here: <a href="https://www.judgify.me/genderjustclimatesolutionsawards2019" target="_BLANK"><span style="color:blue">https://www.judgify.me/genderjustclimatesolutionsawards2019</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><b><span style="color:#303133">FOOTNOTE</span></b><span style="color:#777777"><br>
(1) ILO. (2018). <i>World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><b><span style="color:#303133">CONTACT DETAILS</span></b><span style="color:#777777"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><i><u><span style="color:#777777">Anne Barre</span></u></i><span style="color:#777777"><br>
<a href="mailto:anne.barre@wecf.org"><span style="color:blue">anne.barre@wecf.org</span></a> <br>
Mobile: + 49 15123575122<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt"><i><u><span style="color:#777777">Gina Cortes</span></u></i><span style="color:#777777"><br>
<a href="mailto:gina.cortes@wecf.org"><span style="color:blue">gina.cortes@wecf.org</span></a><br>
Mobile: +49 17664271919<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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