UNEP’s Global Women’s Assembly on Environment
(11-13 October 2004, Nairobi, Kenya)

The first Global Women’s Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment (WAVE) was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya, from 11 to 13 October 2004. The meeting was attended by some 150 participants from 65 countries.

Find more information, including conclusions and recommandations of the conference, the Manifesto and the list of participants, in the Final Report:

Report of the Global Women's Assembly on Environment on the work of its first meeting (PDF, 880 KB)
Français (PDF, 297 Ko) Español (PDF, 267 KB)

In preparation of the WAVE meeting, a consultative seminar on gender and environment was at UNEP head-quarters in Nairobi on 25 and 26 February 2004. Find more information in the report:

UNEP Consultative Seminar on Gender and Environment, first meeting (Nairobi, 25 and 26 February 2004) (PDF, 227 KB)