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UN Environment Assembly: Towards a Pollution-Free Planet
"The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution. Thi [...]
Save the Date: The reality of plastic pollution and solutions to address it
"Plastic pollution is a global, and raising, concern. We have produced more plastic in the last 10 years than in the whole of the 20th century, and every piece of plastic ever produced still exists [...]
Women’s Major Group Reflections of the 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-3)
Read the Women's Major Group reflections delivered to United Nations Environment (UNEP), from its engagement at UNEA-3 with an intent to improve future UNEAs in terms of civil society participation, [...]
UNEA 3, Opening Plenary (OECPR): Helen Hakena intervention
Helen Hakena (Leitana Nehan Women Development Agency) delivered a combined statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, at the Opening Plenary of the third Open-ended Meeting of the Committee of [...]
UNEA 3, GMGSF Session 4, Grassroots Voices from Across the world: Helda Khasmy intervention
Helda Khasmy (SERUNI) delivered a combined statement on behalf of the Women’s Major Group, at the 4th Session of the GMGSF "Grassroots voices from across the world: impacts of pollution on people's [...]
UNEA 3: Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum Interventions
Watch the Women’s Major Group members interventions during the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum at the UNEA 3, held in Nairobi, 2017, Nov. 27- 28. Access here. [...]
Women Gender Constituency Interventions at COP23
The Women's Major Group sister counterpart in the UNFCCC COPS23, the Women and Gender Constituency gave multiple interventions during the 2 week negotiations on climate change. Check out their inte [...]
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in SDG: Marianne Haslegrave Intervention
Marianne Haslegrave (Commonwealth Medical Association -CMA) presented her combined statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th Session of the IAEG-SDGs, on the thematic of the A [...]
COP23-Bonn: Gender Just Climate Solutions Award Ceremony
The gender just solutions to a sustainable future already exist - it is time to showcase them far and wide! Join the Women Gender Constituency at the Award Ceremony on the Gender Just Climate Solu [...]
Save the date! “Adding up the odds – out of the ebox Approaches to Increasing Ambition and Action for Climate Justice”
Join IBON's Side event "Corporate Accountability International and the Sustainable Rural Development of Vietnam: adding up the odds – out of the ebox approaches to increasing ambition and action for [...]