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Subject: Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance, 19-22

October 2008 - Dusit Hotel, Makati, Philippines
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the United Nations

International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN/ISDR) are pleased to

invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance

which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City,

Metro Manila, Philippines.  The theme of the congress is Gender in  Climate

Change and Disaster Risk Reduction.
Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women in

the discourse and debate on climate change and disaster risk reduction, both

of which are  global mainstream issues  that are currently impacting the

entire world. The involvement of women in areas of environmental management

and governance should not be perceived as an afterthought. Women's roles are

of considerable importance in the promotion of environmental ethics.

The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate

change and disaster risk reduction and their impacts and implications at the

individual, household, community and national levels. Studies show that women

have a definite information deficit on climate politics, climate protection,

and preparedness through disaster risk reduction.  Only with this information

can women take their proper, significant and strategic role in the issues of

climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Invited to this congress are  parliamentarians, decision - makers in national

governments, environment organizations, youth leaders and media practitioners,

funding/ donor agencies/ organizations (Female and male participants are

welcome).

The Congress will have the following objectives:

Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for legislators and decision-makers in

national governments and leaders at all levels in formulating

gender-responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change

and disaster risk reduction.

Specific Objectives:

a) To understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts, and its

implications and study the appropriate risk reduction strategy;

b) To review and examine the gender aspects in climate change and disaster

risk reduction and formulate appropriate actions to address these;

c) To define the roles women can play in addressing the impacts of climate

change and disaster risk reduction programs and policies  at the global,

national and sub-national levels; and

d) To identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy

advocates, and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt

gender responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change

and disaster risk reduction.

Congress Proceedings:

The discussion on gender in climate and disaster risk reduction change will be

organized around identifying the challenges to action as well as defining the

appropriate responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change and

disaster risk reduction. Inputs to the discussion will be collected and

organized around: 1) geographic location and 2) types of actions: i.e.

preparedness, risk reduction: building community resilience; adaptation; and

mitigation. Cross cutting these discussions will be the identification of

technologies in aid of responding to climate change and preparedness thru

disaster risk reduction.

The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating

actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and

mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts and preparedness and

disaster risk reduction.

Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and

community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the

likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or

adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to

respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions

that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change.  Mitigation

entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate

change.

In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women

and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define

how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit

from global and local responses to climate change.

The registration fee for the four day congress is One thousand five hundred

fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,550.) per person for twin room sharing accommodations

(two persons in one room) and one thousand nine hundred fifty US Dollars (US$

1,950.) per person for single room accommodations (one person in one room).
The training will be held on Oct 19-22, 2008. However, the participants will

be requested to be in Manila the day before, October 18, 2008 and leave Manila

only on October 23, 2008. The overnight hotel accommodation on October 18,

2008 is already included in the fee. Participants will be billeted in the

Dusit Hotel, the venue of the congress and hotels near the Dusit Hotel,

accessible within walking distance. Room accommodations in the Dusit Hotel,

the venue of the Congress will be on a first come - first served basis.
Importance of the Congress
Today, on the average, one person out of nineteen in a developing country will

be hit by a climate disaster, compared to 1 out of 1,500 in an OECD country.

Climate change creates life time traps: in Niger, a child born during a

drought is 72 percent more likely to be stunted than a child born during a

normal season.
We hope that your organization can send participants to the Third Global

Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. The Theme of Gender in Climate

Change and Disaster Risk Reduction is the first time this will be discussed

in a forum whose objective is to formulate gender responsive legislation and

policies for national governments and parliaments.
We truly hope that the environment organizations will find this forum a good

opportunity to advocate gender and climate change policies and programs

through gender responsive legislation to the women parliamentarians, decision

makers, the youth leaders, media and the funding agencies/organizations. Let

us join hands in promoting gender responsive governance through transformative

leadership and citizenship. We are looking forward to your participation.
Please download the full information sheet and registration form for this

Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance from our website,

http://www.capwip.org/3rdglobalcongress.htm
Very truly yours,
(signed)

Jung-sook KIM (Ed.D.)

President

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
Secretariat:

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)

YSTAPHIL Building, 4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street

Paraqaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel. (632) 8516934 (632) 8516954; Tele Fax: Mobile Phone +639184596603

E-mail: globalcongress2008@gmail.com; globalcongress2008@capwip.org

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