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Women’s Major Group: Perspectives Main Issue 17
Read the new publication on "Perspectives", issue number 17. Lead author: Sascha Gabizon, WECF International. Co-authors: Isis Alvarez and Simone Lovera GFC; Caroline Usikpedo NDWMD; Neth Dano ETC- [...]
Press released Agenda 2030: unpacking gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and the Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan are pleased to present two new publications focused on unpacking gender and sexual and re [...]
Civil Society perspectives on the development of the SDGs global indicators framework
World Vision, International Disability Alliance, Together 2030, ChildFund Alliance, International Disability and Development Consortium & Save the Children Invite you to Civil Society perspectiv [...]
CSW60: Multi stakeholders Forum
Members of the Women's Major Group presented their statements at the Multi-stakeholders Forum, in preparation for the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60), organized by the [...]
Women’s Major Group 2016: The fight for Women’s Rights continue
Happy New Year! We are excited to continue to build with such hardworking and passionate activists pushing for women's human rights and for a just and sustainable world. This past year governments [...]
Women’s Major Group activity in Paris at COP21
Members of the Women Major Group were active in Paris at COP21, working for a just and binding climate agreement and to make linkages to the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A [...]
Climate Justice: Why Women Must be Included
The new sustainable development agenda adopted by UN Member States last September seeks to end poverty, fight against inequalities and injustice, and address climate change. For Eleanor Blomstrom, [...]
Voices of Women and How Climate Change is Affecting them: Cop 21, Paris 2015
The ones from small submerged islands continue to return [to them]. They want to sink with the islands they say, and die in dignity. Why relocate? We have not contributed to what is happening. Hel [...]
Women’s Rights organisations express concern about lack of funding priority: Letter sent to Minister Ploumen on 7 Jan 2016
50 national, regional and global women’s rights networks and foundations have sent a letter to the Dutch Minister to express concern about the allocation of scare resources, crippling the global wo [...]
