The Rio+20 'Future We Want' is a 53-page document, an outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (A/CONF.216/L.1*, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 June 2012). This document deserves to be read by all citizens, not because it provides us hope for serious change but because it reminds us of the platitudinous nature of global diplomatic discourse.
Women's groups’ statements and reactions
Various feminists, women’s rights advocates and organizations participated in the Rio processes, read their reactions and statements.
Women and Climate Change
25 September 2012
Engagement and advocacy by civil society organizations, both during the official Conference and its lead-up process, centred on, among other themes, the relationships between climate change and women’s empowerment.
Rio +20: What does it all mean?
03 August 2012
A month on and the much anticipated Rio +20 has sunk virtually without trace. Whilst the Brazilian hosts declared the talks a success , women’s organisations, farmers’, young people, indigenous peoples, environmental and climate change groups as well as trade unions see it as woefully inadequate, a shopping list of wants, rather than a call to action.
Genanet Discussion Paper and Background Research
23 July 2012
The partners and the steering committee of the project "Green Economy Gender_Just" drafted a common discussion paper in October 2011.
Women at Rio+20 – Brief Media Assessment
17 July 2012
Although traditional media coverage of Women’s Major Group and Rio+20 was conducted in a multitude of languages, the articles included in this brief assessment were all written in English, and were primarily hosted on North American and European sites, though articles from Asian and African news agencies also have a significant presence. Both formal articles and blog entries are included.
On Feminist Economics: An Interview with Devaki Jain
17 July 2012
Devaki Jain, co-editor of Harvesting Feminist Knowledge for Public Policy: Rebuilding Progress, and founder and former director of the Institute of Social Studies in Delhi, India, talks here about the importance of feminist economics and the meeting of feminist economics with mainstream economics.
IWHC, RESURJ, DAWN and YCSRR Analysis of Rio+20
11 July 2012
In close coordination the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), and the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YCSRR) actively engaged in five inter-governmental negotiations leading up to and including the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) from December 2011 through June 2012.
Rio+20: Women “Disappointed and Outraged”
09 July 2012
Women’s Major Group Releases Final Statement on the Outcomes of Rio+20
RIO+20 conference concludes without significant mention of reproductive health and rights
03 July 2012
The “Future We Want” outcome document from this week’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, lacks meaningful inclusion of reproductive health and rights.
Critical issues for Asia Pacific women missing from "The Future We Want"
03 July 2012
Women from Asia Pacific demand governments address critical issues on women’s human rights missing in the Rio+20 negotiations for sustainable development. Employment and economic rights, militarisation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and women’s role in climate change significantly impact women across the region, yet are being ignored. Asia Pacific women call for States to ensure the promotion, protection and realisation of women’s human rights in the outcome document.
IPPF condemns Rio's alarming disregard for reproductive rights
03 July 2012
There were few unanimous voices emerging from the Rio+20 summit on “Sustainable Development”. Sadly, one that was unanimous was that of the Reproductive Rights (RR) community: united in its disappointment and outright anger that once again RR had been sidelined and alluded to in only the most cursory fashion in the outcome document.
Rio-20: The Future They Want-decided!
03 July 2012
According to the main page of the Rio+20 website this morning, "Negotiations have come to a successful conclusion." We got yesterday word that governments were finished and the Future They Want decided.
RIO+20: From the Future we Want to the Future we Need
25 June 2012
Women's Major Group Final Statement of the outcomes of Rio+20
Governments Gamble with our Future: South Feminists Demand Responsible Action Now
25 June 2012
While governments were locked in their semantic battles in the Rio+20 process, women’s and other social movements continue to fight on multiple fronts for human rights, justice and sustainability.
Rio+20 Agreement Fails Women, and the World
25 June 2012
Brazil, a country that in the past has championed women’s human rights, including reproductive rights, at the global level, has failed women in both Brazil and the world over.
Assault On Women’s Reproductive Rights And Gender Equality At Rio+20
21 June 2012
Rio +20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, is renewing international conversations about how to simultaneously address poverty, protect the environment, and maintain balanced economic growth.
Rio+20: A voice from Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 June 2012
Seida Saric is country director for Women for Women International in Bosnia and Herzegovina
DAWN Speaks Truth to Power at Rio + 20 Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
18 June 2012
Ixchal is a sharp and wise Mayan goddess. One of her signs is the rainbow as her wisdom comes from the fertility of the earth.