From Sustainable Development To Green Economy – What Does This
Mean For Women? FRIDAY FILE: Twenty years after the first United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) that took
place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 it is clear that governments
have failed to implement development models that are socially
just and environmentally sustainable. It is in the context of
revision of the of sustainable development framework that Rio+20
will take place. This article is part of a series of Friday
Files to explore some of the issues and debates related to the
AWID 2012 Forum theme and draw the connections between women’s
rights issues and economic power. For more information related
to the planet and ecological health click here. By Diana Aguiar
In 1983 in response to the growing evidence of an ecological
crisis, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly created the
World Commission on Environment and Development to analyze the
environmental situation and its relationship with development.
In 1987 it presented