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APFSD 2018: CSOs Demand Development Justice for Sustainable Development Press Statement
"for sustainable development to be achieved, the burden needed to be shifted from communities to be resilient, to addressing the systemic issues like neoliberal and extractive model of development a [...]
APFSD 2018: IP Constituency Intervention in Session 7
"The realization of “leaving no one behind” is possible only with the full recognition and integrating of human rights commitments into national laws, regulations and policies that includes and ensu [...]
APFSD 2018: IP Constituency Intervention in Session 5
"We are concern that the universal pledges to “leave no one behind” will not be realized unless diligent political efforts are made by governments to address the systemic barriers and create the env [...]
Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development: Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies
The Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development will engage member States, United Nations bodies, other international organizations, major groups and other stakeholders in highlighting reg [...]
Feminists Condemn Philippines President Duterte’s Accusation of Activists and Indigenous People Leaders as Terrorists
The Women's Major Group delivered a combined letter to the Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte, calling on the Philippine government to: 1. Remove the names of indigenous peoples’ leaders and h [...]
CSW 62, 2018
'The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. The priority theme is the challenges and o [...]
Women’s Major Group Africa Call: next steps for the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD)
Access here the Women's Major Group webinar presentation and discussion on the next steps for the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD). [...]
WMG Arab States Regional Meeting: A Brief Report
Read the Women's Major Group Mena (Middle East & North Africa) Regional Meeting Report, held from 1-2 March 2018, in Cairo, Egypt. Download here. [...]
ECERFSD 2018,Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies in the ECE region: Anja Pedersen’s Intervention
"We call for all of the UNECE countries, to support CSO involvement in the implementation and review of the SDGs. This way, we continue to ensure that invisible issues are being brought to the for [...]
Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region 2018
"The Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) follows up on and reviews the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UNECE region. Focusing on pr [...]