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Women and sustainable development at Rio+20
In the lead-up to the Rio+20 Conference, women’s group were pushing hard to include gender on the agenda, especially as women, who make up the majority of those living in poverty, continue to be marginalized. This wikipage focuses on women and sustainable development at Rio+20 (http://wikigender.org/index.php/Special_Focus_Women_and_sustainable_development_at_
the_Rio%2B20_UN_Conference).
The page provides links to the various civil society network initiatives and the Women’s Major Group, and includes many important links to valuable resources on gender, food security, climate change and sustainable development, including brochures, journal articles and reports by various organizations. It also contains links to stories of women from different parts of the world, highlighting their key recommendations for Rio+20. The stories of women at Worldpulse (http://www.worldpulse.com/Rio20), for example, talk about the key issues and realities affecting their lives.
The official website of Rio+20 (http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?menu=104#) provides the final statement by the Women’s Major Group and an analysis of the outcome document as well.
