31/01/2013

2011 – 2013 – Say No to Chemicals in Our Environment

Project duration: 12/2011 – 5/2013 The project has 2 components:  1. community development (Rhone-Alpes Region of France- WECF/France-AWHHE Cooperation and GEFsupported activities) the coordination part of the project was also financed by GGF 2. advocacy Created information materials Progress of the project The Rural Active Women Say No to Chemicals Winter passed, spring came. A group of women in Solak community of…

Chemicals and Waste 0 33 sec read
13/01/2013

AWHHE Participates in Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) on Mercury, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-18 January 2013

Over 140 countries agreed on Minamata Convention on Mercury (the Minamata Convention), a global treaty that was designed to prevent emissions and releases of mercury. It aims at controls and reductions in a range of products, processes and industries where mercury is used, released or emitted and also requires governments to devise national plans to reduce the use of mercury…

2013 0 1 min read