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WAVE
(Women As the Voice for the Environment)
11-13 October 2004 | Nairobi, Kenya |
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Highlights for Monday 11
October 2004
The
Network of Women Ministers for the Environment and the Global
Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as Voice for the
Environment (WAVE) opened today at the UN Pavilion in Nairobi,
Kenya. In the morning, participants met in joint plenary and
roundtable sessions to hear opening remarks and discuss the
theme "A World in Conflict – A World in Peace: Gender
sensitive policies on sustainable livelihoods".
Above photo L-R: Anna Tibaijuka, UN-HABITAT Executive
Director,
Lena Sommestad, Minister for the Environment,
Sweden, and Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
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Above photos: Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and environment ministers attending the WAVE meeting during a tree planting ceremony at UNEP headquarters. |
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Roundtable I: World in Conflict - A World in Peace: Gender sensitive policies on sustainable livelihoods | |||||||
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Enhancing Global Linkages: Indigenous and local women's perspective on sustainable development |
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The Working Group on "Enhancing Global-Local Linkages: Indigenous and local women's perspectives on sustainable development" heard examples of local environmental problems emerging from natural resource exploitation by outside commercial interests, and the erosion of traditional farming practices. Above right photo: Lucy Mulenkei (IIN, Kenya)facilitated the Working Group on "Enhancing Global-Local Linkages: Indigenous and local women's perspectives on sustainable development" with Stella Tamang (Nepal) at her side. |
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