Agenda 21: Chapter 24
GLOBAL ACTION FOR WOMEN TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME AREA

Basis for action

24.1. The international community has endorsed several plans of action and conventions for the full, equal and beneficial integration of women in all development activities, in particular the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1/ which emphasize women's participation in national and international ecosystem management and control of environment degradation. Several conventions, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex) and conventions of ILO and UNESCO have also been adopted to end gender-based discrimination and ensure women access to land and other resources, education and safe and equal employment. Also relevant are the 1990 World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and the Plan of Action for implementing the Declaration (A/45/625, annex). Effective implementation of these programmes will depend on the active involvement of women in economic and political decision-making and will be critical to the successful implementation of Agenda 21.

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Below are the official documents submitted by Women to the CSD over the years.

Below are statements made by the major groups at CSD meetings since the introduction of the new two-year cycle approach in 2004. All other statements can be accessed  in the past CSD sessions page. 

• Major groups case studies on energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution/atmosphere, and climate change (CSD-14)
• Case Studies on the Role of Major Groups in Sustainable Oceans and Seas (CSD-7)
• Study on Role of Major Groups and changing consumption and Production Patterns (CSD-7)
• Case studies on women transforming the mainstream (CSD-6)
• Case studies on education, awareness raising and major groups (CSD-6)
• Link to Sustainable Development Case Studies Database

Partnerships of farmers can be found on this website.

Ms. Jeannette Gurung
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
26 Beckett Way, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
Tel: +607-319-0347
E-mail: jeannettegurung@wocan.org

Ms. Charity Kabutha
African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (AWLAE)
Nigeria
Tel: +254-20-4453051/2/3 ; Fax: +254-20-4453053 ;
E-mail: c_kabutha@yahoo.com

Ms. Sabina Anokye Mensah
The GRATIS Foundation
Heavy Industrial Area
P. O. Box CO151 Tema, Ghana
Tel/Fax: +233-22-212551
E-mail: sabinamensah@hotmail.com

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