#50- and #51-25 Agenda To Save the Planet, Parts 1 and 2
WEDO held this event in 1991 to create consensus among women for the 1992 World Summit on the Environment and beyond.
Speakers in part 1 of this 2-part documentary:
Bella Abzug, USA; Peggy Antrobus, Barbados; Marjorie Walden reads the greeting of a Cherokee clan chieftainess; Meenakshi Raman, Malaysia; Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Canada; Magda Renner, Brazil; Dagmar Thorpe, American Indian; Laila Takla, Egypt; Jocelyn Dow, Guyana.
Photo credit: WEDO
Description of Part 2:
The World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet was convened by Bella Abzug in Miami, Florida, November 8-12, 1991, to produce a Women’s Action Agenda for the June 1992 Earth Summit. and to build an international network to ensure a strong women’s voice on all issues pertaining to environment and development. This is part 2 of 2, and includes readings from the conclusions that were presented to the women judges from around the world. The distinctive concepts that emerged are eye[and ear]-opening.
Speakers part 2:
Bella Abzug, USA; Rosalie Bertell, PhD, Canada; un-named readers of the conference document; Ava Nordlund from Norway; un-identified conference judge; Peggy Antrobus of Barbados, co-founder of DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women in a New Era), and author of The Global Women’s Movement: Issues and Strategies for the New Century; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [later, President of Liberia]; Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazilian sociologist, political scientist and international organization official; Jocelyn Dow of Guyana, Champion of Forest Stewardship and Women’s Empowerment; Nancy Barry, on leave from World Bank [later, founder of Women’s World Banking]; Marilyn Waring from New Zealand, former member of Parliament, author of the book If Women Counted; Justice Elizabeth Evatt from Australia; Magda Renner, spokesperson on the environment for Brazil’s National Confederation of Women
Documentary produced by Frieda Werden [editing on open-reel tape!]
Part 1
Part 2