Advocacy
The WMG facilitates advocacy by its members, including through an Advocacy List that is made up of non-government and non-UN WMG members. The WMG advocacy incorporates multiple aspects: development of position papers and common messaging; communications via traditional and social media; meetings with delegates and allies; mapping statements and position of Member States; and hosting side events.
The advocacy work aims to represent the diversity of the WMG voices and interests, global/regional/national levels and thematic focus, while also developing common positions and messaging.
The WMG also ensures that advocacy content incorporates all dimensions of sustainable development and those positions are equally represented when meeting in person with delegates or when writing positions.
Zero draft – Ministerial Declaration of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the ECOSOC High Level Segment
Read the Women's Major Group combined Zero draft - "Ministerial Declaration of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the ECOSOC High Level Segment". Download here. [...]
Recommendations from the Women’s Major Group on engaging with the Voluntary National Review Process
The Women's Major Group invites you to read the final Recommendations on engaging with the Voluntary National Review Process. This guide is the result of a combined work by many Women's Major Group [...]
6th OWG: WMG Members’ Intervention on Technology Divides
Neth Daño, Kathy Jo Wetter and Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group) delivered their statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th session of the Open Working Group, on "science, Technology an [...]
HLPF 2016: Women’s Major Group Reaction to the HLPF Zero Draft
The Women’s Major Group welcomes the Co-facilitators’ draft resolution of May 6th, towards the processes that will be carried out, so that the HLPF becomes the central body to oversee the implemen [...]
Collective Appeal (Notice of Objection) against FLOW 2 Procedures by unsuccessful qualifying applicants
“Further to our letter of 12 December 2015 signed by over 100 women’s organisations raising concerns about FLOW 2 outcomes, we hereby lodge a collective appeal against the procedures that led to onl [...]
Women’s Movement’s Engagement in the SDGs: Lessons Learned from the Women’s Major Group
"The Women's Major Group's role is to assure effective public participation of women's non-government groups in the United Nations (UN) policy processes on Sustainable Development, the post-2015 d [...]
Call for a Feminist UN Secretary General – sign on
The Women's Major Group is launching the call below and would like to invite widespread participation. Please share widely with your networks. Please access the Google Form to add your organization [...]
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 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 [...]
UNDP: e-discussion on Natural Capital and Inequalities
As a run-up to the UNDP 2016 Regional Human Development Report on Inequalities, the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub is organizing a series of e-discussions on different themes being addressed in the repo [...]