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HLPF 2018: Energy, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
Women’s leadership in sustainable energy production can help influence policy and regulation to protect people, communities and the planet from contamination from open pit mining, strip mining, mo [...]
HLPF 2018: Nozipho Wright’s Review on SDG 7, Energy
The WMG, commend member states and development partners for work done so far to integrate gender issues in energy policies and programmes. Though it has taken almost 20 years to reach this minima [...]
HLPF 2018: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
Lack of access to water, sanitation and hygiene services undermines human rights and gender equality, exacerbates poverty and prevents achievement of other goals, including health, education and [...]
High-level Political Forum 2018: “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies”
This year, the HLPF on Sustainable Development with the theme: "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies", will be held from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018. The three- [...]
HLPF 2018: Nathalie Seguin’s Review of SDG 6, Water and Sanitation
Women’s participation in decision making at local, national and global levels is essential to adopt a new vision of water management urgently needed to achieve water related SDGs. Standards for i [...]
Save the Date! WMG strategy meeting for HLPF 2018
The Women's Major Group Meeting for the High-level Political Forum 2018 is going to be held in New York, on July 8. Time and venue TBD. [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 15 & 6: Ecosystems/Land and Water/Santation
Friday 6 July, 10:00 AM, NY time. Register here for the SDG15 & SDG6. [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Settlements
Tuesday 3 July, 9:30 AM, NY time. Register here for SDG11. [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption & Production Patterns
Monday 2 July, 11:00 AM, NY time. Register here for SDG12. [...]
Colombia VNR 2018 Parallel Report: SDG 15.2 from a Gender Perspective
"The government should go beyond the simplistic view of ‘women as victims,’ and integrate a more robust take throughout all of the 2030 Agenda implementation". Read the VNR 2018 Shadow Report on t [...]