ADVOCACY: Poul Erik Lauridsen, CARE International’s Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, explains what CARE will be doing in the next two weeks at COP15 to advocate for a fair, ambitious and binding Agreement.
CARE’s Advocacy Efforts at COP15 from CARE & Climate Change on Vimeo.
At COP 15, CARE International will work towards mobilizing the much needed political will to seal a fair, ambitious and binding deal in Copenhagen that puts especially vulnerable people at the centre of the world’s response to climate change.
Such a deal should include a commitment to deep cuts in emissions and strong adaptation and REDD provisions. It much also address the needs and rights of especially vulnerable people and ensure their active and meaningful participation at all levels of decision-making.
See an introduction to the positions of CARE in this video:
Welcome to COP15 from CARE & Climate Change on Vimeo.
by Lee Webster
December 2nd
I called Grace from my hotel this morning, to check details of the day, and within minutes found myself being whisked off in the CARE car to a meeting in the Ugandan parliament!
We’d arrived in Kampala to find our plans of attending parliament with the 336 women activists disrupted. An MP had recently died, and the Speaker of Parliament was concerned that our ‘celebration’ would not be in the correct mood with a funeral taking place. (more…)
by Lee Webster
December 1st, 2009
It’s World AIDS Day today, a pertinent day to be in Uganda, a country which has been recognised for its efforts to stem the tide of HIV. Still, in Uganda, nearly 6 per cent of the population is HIV positive. I’ve noticed here though that there’s an openness to discuss HIV that I’ve not encountered in other places. (more…)
A real Nobel Peace Prize sitting in a café in Capetown (photo: CARE/Markmiller)My chair is creaking and shaking in a very alarming way, as I sit down after the opening prayer at the cathedral St. George in Cape Town. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is standing at the altar and laughs his cheerful laughter because guests are attending the mass. (more…)
by Lee Webster
30. November 2009
I had terrible nightmares last night. Haunting, terrifying dreams where people I love and trust attacked and hurt me. I woke up in a cold sweat, petrified.
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by Lee Webster
November 29, 2009
“Violence against women is spoiling the little peace we have had in northern Uganda. Did our mothers and sisters not suffer enough during the war?â€
So asks Carolina Lanyero from Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative, one of CARE’s local partners in Amuru. It’s a very good question. (more…)
by Lee Webster
November 28, 2009
Today we’re in Kitgum, a small town about an hour’s drive from Pader. Two coach loads of women have joined us from Pader, and today another coach of Kitgum women will join the caravan. Today’s march through Kitgum town centre was exhilarating. Local women came out to clap, cheer and dance us along our way. (more…)
by Lee Webster
One hundred women marched through the town of Pader to raise awareness for women’s rights (photo: CARE)November 27, 2009.
Today our journey continues from Gulu to Pader – an hour and a half by road, dodging potholes and wandering cattle on the way. Our party has grown. Jenny (the photographer I am traveling with), Grace and I have been joined by Judith, CARE Uganda’s sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) focal point, and James, a local consultant who’s been hired to translate from Acholi to English for us. (more…)
