News & Events
Stay informed about all news from the Women’s Major Group. Here you can find the latest articles, events, campaigns, tools and more related to sustainable development, Agenda 2030, sustainable development goals, indicators, the high level political forum, etc …
Introduction to Post2015, Rio+20, Sustainable Development Goals and the role of women’s organisations
In 2015, the United Nations will move from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to a new set of global goals for (sustainable) development, setting the framework agenda for the period until 2030. [...]
Fisheries and Gender Equality
Read Vivienne Solis Rivera’s (Coope Soli Dar R.L., Costa Rica) position paper on behalf of the Women’s Major Group on fisheries and gender equality. […] [...]
United Nations Environment Assembly of UNEP ( UNEA) and the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum.
The Women's Major Group will have a delegation at the very special event in June 2014: a Global Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law during the first ever meeting of the United Nations Environment A [...]
Women Major Group and Recommendations for the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
Women Major Group members have been very active in supporting the development of the civil society recommendations for the Asia-Pacif Forum on Sustainable Development. Download recommendations here [...]
Women Major Group speaker Anita Gurumurthy’s presentation at the High Level Event of the President of the General Assembly on 22 of May at the UN HQ in New York.
"How can all forms of cooperation, namely North-South, South-South and Triangular Cooperation, as well as ICT for development, be utilized to achieve effective means of implementation for the Post-201 [...]
Chair’s summary of the ICESDF Helsinki/Espoo event on Financing for Sustainable Development
DAWN on behalf of WMG, participated in the stakeholder dialogue of the Helsinki meeting of the committee on Financing for Sustainable Development. The concerns of civil society are partly reflected [...]
Helen Hakena of Papua New Guinea’s strong speech delivered at the UNESCAP Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development in Thailand on May 19th 2014
Helen Hakena’s (Leitana Women’s Development Agency, Bougainville, PNG and Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development) gave a presentation on behalf of the Women’s Major Group on May 19 [...]
Congratulations to Silvia Ribeiro
Silvia Ribeiro (ETCgroup) spoke as Women's representative on the topic of Gender Equality and Women Rights in South-South Cooperation at the High Level Event organised by the President of the General [...]
Aizhamal Bakashova presented the joint policy recommendations from all the Women’s organisations at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand
Read Aizhamal Bakashova's presentation at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand. Download here. [...]
11th Session of the Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals
This eleventh session was held at the UN Headquarter from 5-9 May 2014, and dealt with sixteen clusters: Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality; Sustainable agricult [...]