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WMG joins 500+ organizations to demand “Cancel the Debt”
WMG joins 500+ organizations on a call for immediate debt cancellation to help lower-income countries fight Covid-19. "We demand for much more than "debt'relief," we demand debt justice." The full sta [...]
WMG joins 500+ organizations on a letter to IMF to stop austerity measures
WMG joined 500+ organizations in a letter to the International Monetary Fund, "warning that its support programs, which have had to be ramped up to cope with COVID-19, were condemning many countries t [...]
Sascha Gabizon spoke at UNGA Beijing+25 Special Session
Sascha Gabizon, executive director of Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) and a previous organizing partner of WMG, delivered a very strong speech on behalf of civil society, at the High-level Me [...]
HLPF 2020 Interventions by WMG members
In this year's virtual High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF), feminists of Women's Major Group came together to draft interventions, 12 of which we were able to deliver in offi [...]
Intervention in WSSCC/OHCHR/WaterAid Roundtable July 23
WMG member Shaila Shahid, Senior Advisor of Climate Change, DRR, and Gender at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), gave an intervention on most vulnerable groups livi [...]
HLPF 2020 Alternative VNR Reports by Our Members
Similar to previous years, the Women's Major Group's members throughout the World, have prepared Alternative / Shadow Reports for their countries' Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The list of [...]
WMG joins 180+ organizations for a Binding Treaty to regulate corporate power
WMG joins more than 180 organizations and 75+ individuals to call onto the member states for "advancing towards the adoption of a Binding Instrument on Transnational Companies and OBEs." "The COVID-1 [...]
350+ Groups Call onto UN and Member States for Strong Civil Society Inclusion in UN Virtual Meetings
More than 350 organizations from throughout the World have signed an "An Open Call for Strong and Inclusive Civil Society Engagement at UN Virtual Meetings." Initiated by the Women's Major Grou [...]
Draft Short Report from Major Groups and Stakeholders from UNEA5
Last week, the Women's Major Group had a strong presence at the online consultations with Major Groups and other Stakeholders and the bureau of Member States for UNEA 5. Representing WMG, Isis Alvarez [...]
From The Pandemic to 2030: Feminists Want System Change
COVID-19 crisis have brought to light many of the systemic issues that have been widening inequalities, throughout the world. Women, girls and gender non-confirming people have been gravely and dispr [...]