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.
Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: Tetet Lauron’s Intervention on the Outcome Document
"We encourage the co-facilitators to keep the level of ambition high. Keep it up! We need the political will to deliver on a truly transformative agenda and remain committed to gender equality". Te [...]
Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: Zenabou Segda’s Statement on the Outcome Document
Zenabou Segda (Women Environmental Programme Burkina) delivered her statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the Post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations on the outcome document, held [...]
Women’s Major Group Final Document on Climate Justice: The WMG Welcomes the Stand-alone Climate Change Goal
"Sustainable development is not possible without substantively and comprehensively addressing climate change, biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, gender equality, human rights, and poverty eradica [...]
Women’s Groups Alarmed by Financing for Development Plans Call on Governments to Adopt Strong Political Declaration Rooted in Human Rights
"The Women’s Major Group, representing more than 600 women’s groups from over 100 countries, is deeply disappointed with the outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Developme [...]
HLPF 2015: Vanesa Treers’s Intervention on the Challenge of Reviewing Implementation
"How do the panelists see that beneficial methodologies and tools such as gender budgeting can best be incorporated into the HLPF to strengthen monitoring and review of implementation"? Vanesa Tre [...]
HLPF 2015: Valentina Bodrug-Lungu’s Intervention
“How and when will you, when you come home to your countries, convene civil society, and all stakeholders and rights-holders, to initiate the process of transformation towards the SDGs?” Valentina [...]
Supporting National Action through the High-level Political Forum outcomes: Evelyn Lead’s intervention
Evelyn Lead's (Women Environmental Programme ) presented a combined intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the Panel discussion: “Supporting national action through the high-leve [...]
Intergovernmental Negotiations on Post-2015 Outcome Document: Marisa Viana’s Intervention
Read Marisa Viana's [Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ)] intervention on behalf of the Women’s Major Group during the June Intergovernmental Negotiations on Post-2015: “As dive [...]
HLPF 2015, “the Role of Business in Implementation”: Nausheen Khan’s intervention
Nausheen Khan (Khan Foundation ) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 2nd meeting of the High-level Political Forum 2015 (under the auspices of ECOSOC). Read her full combined in [...]
HLPF, 2015 -The Role of Business in Implementation: Sehnaz Kiymaz’s intervention
Sehnaz Kiymaz (Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the 2nd meeting of the High-level Political Forum 2015. Read the full combined interventi [...]