World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet (WEDO)

November 8 – 12, 1991
Miami, FL.

The World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet, in Miami Florida, Nov. 8-12, 1991
recorded by Let the People Speak, a project of the Foundation for a Compassionate Society.
More than 1500 women from over 80 countries assembled in Miami to discuss their vision of a healthy planet. The congress was convened to assure the participation of women in the 1992 United Nations Conference on environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro Brazil in 1992. These are exerpts from 4 days of Women voicing their concerns for the future of the planet.

World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet
	Opening Ceremony Keynote speakers (Excerpts) – Bella Abzug – cofounder of WEDO Women’s Environment & Development Organization Margarita Arias – President, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, Costa Rica “We are living the present at the expense of the future” Click to watch video
	First Tribunal (Excerpts) Towards Earth Charter 1992: Developing a Code of Earth Ethics with a Women’s Dimension – Professor Wangary Maathai – founder Green Belt Movement, Kenya – Magda Renner – executive President Acao Democratic Feminina Gaucha. Amigos de terra Brazil. – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Vice President Equator Advisory service, Liberia – Peggy Antrobus – Women’s Development (WAND), Barbados – Dr Rosalle Bertell – President International Institue of Concern for Public Health, Canada – Meena Raman – Friends of the Earth Third World Network, Malaysia Click to watch video
	Second Tribunal (Excerpts) – Saving Natural Systems: Environment and Positive Development – Marilyn Waring – Senior Lecturer/ Political Economy, University of Wallkato, New Zealand – Carrie Dann – Clan Mother, Onondage Nation – Leonor Briones – President Freedom Debt Coalition, Philipines – Ruth Bamela Engo-Tjega – Senior liaison officer – UN Steering Committee, Action for African Economic Recovery & Development, Cameroon Click to watch video
	Third Tribunal (Excerpts) – Science, Technology and Population – Blanca Esponda – Senator, State of Chiapas, Mexico – Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation For Natural Resources, India – Marilyn Carr – Senior Technical Officer, UN Developmental Fund for Women, United Kingdom – Renate Walker – Physician &Microbiologist, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Vienna, Austria (formerly East Germany) – Claudine Schneider – Former member US House of Representatives – Audience comments on the tribunals Click to watch video
	First Tribunal (Complete) – Towards Earth Charter ’92: Developing a Code of Earth Ethics with a Women’s Dimension – Dr. Rosalle Bertell – President, International Institue of Concern for Public Health, Canada – Meena Raman – Friends of the Earth, Third World Network, Malaysia Click to watch video
	Second Tribunal, Part 1 – (Complete) – Saving Natural Systems: Environment and Positive Development – Marilyn Waring – Senior Lecturer, University of Wallkato, New Zealand – Carrie Dann – Clan Mother – Onondage Nation Click to watch video
	Second Tribunal, Part 2 – (Complete) – Saving Natural Systems: Environment and Positive Development – Leonor Briones – President, Freedom Debt Coalition, Philipines – Ruth Bamela Engo-Tjega – Senior liaison officer/UN Steering Committee, Action for African Economic Recovery & Development, Cameroon Click to watch video
	Third Tribunal, Part 1 (Complete) – Science, Technology and Population – Blanca Esponda – Senator, State of Chiapas, Mexico – Vandana Shiva – Director, Research Foundation For Natural Resources, India Click to watch video
	Third Tribunal, Part 2 (Complete) – Science, Technology and Population – Marilyn Carr – Senior Technical Officer UN Developmental Fund for Women, United Kingdom – Renate Walker – Physician & Microbiologist – Institute for Environmental Medicine, Vienna Austria (formerly East Germany) Click to watch video
	Third Tribunal, Part 3 (Complete) – Science, Technology and Population – Claudine Schneider – Former member US House of Representatives – Audience comments on the tribunals Click to watch video
	Interviews Dr. Rosina Wiltshire from Barbados From DAWN (Development Alternatives for Women) Wealth as hoarding and overconsumption Click to watch video
	Interviews Magda Renner – ACAO Democratic Feminina Gaucha Amigos de terra Brazil. Demands for a healthy environment for children Click to watch video
	Interviews Marie Therese Danielsson, from French Polynesia, Tahiti Environmental impact of Nuclear testing Click to watch video
	Interviews Takiora Ingram – Cook Island Business and Professional Women’s Association Concern about nuclear weapons testing by France with the support of the US Click to watch video
	Interviews Louise Aitsi – Papua New Guinea Women’s Council Social and environmental impact of non-traditional ways Click to watch video
	Interviews Winona La Duke – Anishinabe Nation Speaking against Free Trade Agreement Click to watch video
	Interviews Carrie Dann – Clan Mother – Western Shohone Onondaga Nation Fighting for the title of the Western Shoshone Land Click to watch video
	Interviews Marylin Manibusan – Guam Senate Agana, Guam Seeking self-determination for Guam Click to watch video
	Interviews Vandana Shiva – Director, Research Foundation For Natural Resources, India Dangers of genetic engineering of new plant forms Click to watch video
	Interviews Ruth Letchte – World YWCA Energy environment, Fiji Climate Changes and Global Warming Click to watch video
	Interviews Sissy Farenthold – Chair Institute for Policy Studies, Washington D.C. Pollution by the US military and Free trade Click to watch video
	Interviews Mal Johnson – Media Linx, Washington, DC Training women to utilize the Media Click to watch video