2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
As at the Earth Summit, DAWN plays a central and highly visible role at the Rio+20 Conference, producing a rigorous set of feminist recommendations that shaped global discourse on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Working in close collaboration with the Women’s Major Group, DAWN contributes to the development of a comprehensive position paper titled “Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Priorities for the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. This document articulates clear feminist priorities and is widely disseminated as part of sustained efforts to influence the global agenda on sustainable development from a gender-just and rights-based perspective.
From late 2011 to mid-2012, DAWN, in partnership with IWHC, RESURJ, YCSRR, and allies, actively participates in Rio+20 negotiations to push for the inclusion of women’s and young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights within sustainable development. Despite setbacks in the final outcome document, the coalition helps secure references to ICPD and Beijing commitments and maintained a human rights framing in the Health and Gender sections. The process also strengthens cross-movement alliances, particularly with youth and environmental groups, signalling the growing importance of unified advocacy for gender justice in global forums.
