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HLPF 2019: Abigail Ruane’s Intervention at the Intergovernmental Consultations on the Political Declaration
Delaying action for women and girls is not an option. The time is now for women’s leadership and a women’s rights and peace agenda for every women and every girl of every age, place, ability a [...]
GP DRR 2019: WMG DRR Summary
Shaila Shahid (International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh), compiled the WMG DRR participation summary, for the sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Red [...]
UNFF14: Fernanda Rodrigues’s Presentation at the Actions by Major Group Partners in Support of the UNSPF 2030
Our main objective is to mainstream gender on the GFG implementation taking into account SDG 5 as well as work to empower women to help on the implementation of the UNSPF at local and national lev [...]
Side Event: Taming the digital
Save the Date! The WMG, ETC, MG on Children and Youth and CSO for FfD are co-hosting a side event during the Un-Science and Technology Forum: "Taming the digital". This side event aims to discuss t [...]
DRR 2019: Stakeholder Forum
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 13-17 May 2019. For more information, access here. [...]
UNFF14: Major Group Statement on DESA Reform
We need to avoid seeing forests slide into irrelevance Forests matter. If a change needs to happen, we must be sure that the objectives, the functionality, and the resources of the UNFF won't be [...]
UNFF14: Cécile Ndjebet’s Presentation at the Actions by Major Group Partners in Support of the UNSPF 2030
MGs stand ready to work with Members States, the UNFF Secretariat, the CPF and all stakeholders to accelerate progress in the implementation of the GFGs and the SDGs! Cécile Ndjebet (African Women [...]
HLPF 2019: MGoS Report on EGM on Lessons Learned
Read the MGoS report for the Debrief from the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on lessons learned from the first cycle of the High-level Political Forum, held in New York, from 6-7 May 2019. Download the [...]
LACRFSD 2019: Monica Jasis’ Intervention on Conclusions and Recommendations
We, the populations of Latin America and the Caribbean, acknowledging that the governments must be conscious to account for their citizens and must facilitate the participation of the making of pu [...]
NO to Nuclear as Climate Solution, YES to Renewables and People Powered Solutions
We, as representatives of civil society, send a clear message to you today upon conclusion of the Climate & SDGs Synergy Conference, that nuclear energy cannot be part of the just transition we [...]