The working group is an alliance of women’s organisations and networks that advocate for the advancement of gender equality, women’s empowerment and human rights in UN processes related to FfD and the global financial and economic crisis.
The WWG on FfD is coordinated by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) and includes the following networks/organisations: African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), Feminist Task Force–Global Call to Action against Poverty (FTF–GCAP), Global Policy Forum (GPF), International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), Women in Development Europe (WIDE) and Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
The paper provides a gender integrated approach to seeking solutions to the crisis. The document was issued on 27th of April but published on the ITUC Crisis Unions’ Watch on July 7th.
- A call for structural, sustainable, gender equitable and rights based responses to the global financial and economic crisis
