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Towards Building Sustainable Statistical Capacity for the Implementation and Review of the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs
"The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China are jointly organizing a Seminar on Statistical Training from 13 to 15 September 2017 in Beijing, Chi [...]
UNEA-3: WMG Input to the Report “Towards a Pollution Free Planet”
We feel the report lacks a deeper analysis of the feminization of pollution, and how it impacts differently on poor and indigenous peoples. For instance, worldwide figures from women’s illnesses and [...]
India VNR 2017 Parallel Report: Youth People and Women
Acknowledging that the SDGs are the young people’s agenda, spaces should be created for young people to meaningfully engage in its implementation, monitoring, and evaluation at all levels—from the [...]
Women to UN Sec-Gen: Do not tolerate pro-nuclear lobbying!
"Hardly 3 weeks have gone by since the signing of the historic ban on nuclear weapons, and already the biggest exhibition space in the corridors of the HLPF have been occupied by pro-nuclear energy [...]
HLPF 2017: Louisa Eikhomun’s intervention on the VNR Session 9 “Nigeria, Panama and Sweden”
"What strategies are in place to include these groups (locally based organizations, marginalized groups and those in vulnerable situations) in the effective implementation of the SDGs?". Louisa Ei [...]
HLPF 2017: Lucía Berro Pizzarossa’s intervention on VNR 8 “Belarus, Portugal and Uruguay”
"If we continue to lead the regional rankings on gender based violence, if we continue to decouple economic growth and sustainability, if sexual and reproductive rights continue to be an “annex”, [...]
Side Event: Ground Level People’s Forum (GLPF)
Save the date! The Women's Major Group invites you all to attend the side event "Ground Level People’s Forum (GLPF)" organized by CPDE; AP-RCEM; APWLD; BAYAN-USA; Gabriela-USA; ESCR-Net and WEDO. D [...]
PLEASE sign: “PETITION against pro-nuclear energy lobby at UN’s Sustainable Development high level summit”
We are shocked that here at the UN’s summit on Sustainable Development there is a huge exhibition promoting nuclear energy, … which is NOT sustainable. And that just few days after a historic agreem [...]
Press Release: Statement From Women’s Major Group on the High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development Ministerial Document
The Women’s Major Group calls on all Member States to agree on a strong Ministerial Declaration in this High Level Political Forum. This declaration is the foundation for advancing and achieving t [...]