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un.org - 11/2/2009
Women must have greater say in tackling climate change – Secretary-General
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24 September 2009 – Women are especially vulnerable to the impact of climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging that they be given a greater say in addressing the challenge. In a message to an event in New York on peace and security through women’s leadership, Mr Ban ...
reuters.com - 26 days ago
UN's Ban to lobby US Congress on climate change
— reuters.com — UNITED NATIONS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Washington on Tuesday to lobby... U.S. congressional leaders and government officials over next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen, U.N. officials said. The world ... (more) UN's Ban to lobby US Congress on climate change

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Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue | Jess McCabe
The Guardian | Environment — ... Last month, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, recognised this with a ...

Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue
Worldchanging: Bright Green — Women contribute less to global warming yet will be hit harder by its effects. Reproductive justice is a separate issue Last week Mary Fitzgerald argued that climate change is a feminist issue on the basis that population control is a way to prevent the situation spiralling out of control. And, she posited, this could be achieved by giving more women more autonomy over their own bodies, through improved access to contraception and abortion. I'm not going to get into the arguments around whether population control is a good solution to climate change . Others have already done so; George Monbiot's piece barely more than a month ago, ...

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