Similar to previous years, the Women’s Major Group’s members throughout the World, have prepared Alternative / Shadow Reports for their countries’ Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The list of HLPF 2023’s VNR countries can be found here.
Unless otherwise stated, the parallel reports are the sole product of the authoring member or organization. The WMG does, however, support the valuable advocacy and mobilizing work done by the members on the local, national, and regional level through the process of holding their governments accountable.
“In fact, developing a shadow report can be a powerful tool in any case. It provides a platform to work across civil society organizations, creates opportunities to engage with your government, helps determine a baseline to measure change over time, generates information and analysis to use in advocacy and media work, and helps to identify gaps and deficiencies in government policies and programs. If you are engaged in other types of international reporting, such as reporting to the CEDAW Committee, you may be able to use information and analysis from one shadow report to support another.” – WMG’s Engaging with the National Voluntary Review Process
Central Asia
Submitted by ECOM – Eurasian Coalition for Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity, Statement on the situation with LGBT inclusion in 2030 AGENDA in Central Asia. (English)
Romania
Submitted by Romanian civil society organizations that are part of the Network for the Prevention and Combat of Violence against Women (V.I.F. Network) and the Coalition for Gender Equality. (English)
Zambia
Zambia Civil Society Organizations Shadow Report on the VNR of Status on the Implementation of the SDGs (English)
