Human settlements / related
Safe and Sustainable Energy for All – Gender Equality in Choice, Access and Control
Read the combined position paper from Kalyani Raj (All India Women’s Conference), Nozipho Wright (ENERGIA) and Sabine Bock (WECF/ WICF) on behalf of the Women’s Major Group on Energy: [̷ [...]
Unsustainable Energy – Nuclear Energy: women and men’s different health risks from nuclear radiation
Read the combined paper on behalf of the Women’s Major Group from Karin Wurzbacher (UmweltInstitutMünchen, Germany), Yukiko Oda (co-convener Japan Women’s Watch), Sascha Gabizon (WECF Interna [...]
Toxic chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The UNEP 2012 global chemicals report estimates close to 1 million deaths from harmful chemicals and pesticides each year! […] [...]
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) & Gender targets for the post 2015 development agenda
Read the combined position paper from Claudia Wendland; Margriet Samwel; Anke Stock - Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and Anara Choitonbaeva - Kyrgyz Alliance for Water and Sanitation (KAWS [...]
Immediate action to stop mercury pollution in ASGM, Minamata Convention on Mercury, Kumamoto, Japan, October 10, 2013
Five women ministers of environment from the South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya spoke at high level event on “Women and Mercury in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) – heal [...]
Women’s Major Group Chemicals intervention at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Open Ended CPR, Nairobi
The Women's Major Group participated in the UNEP Open Ended CPR, on 25th of March, preparing for the upcoming first-ever United Nations Environment Assembly (June). The Women MG delegation prepared in [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 6 “Water and Sanitation”
Read Meera Karunananthan's (Council of Canadians) combined statement presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group on Sustainable Developments Goals [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Chemicals
Read Yuyun Ismawati's (Global Focal Point) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustainable development goals hel [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Transport
Read Bright Oywaya's (Association of the Physically Disabled, Kenya) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustain [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group: Analysis and Key Recommendations on Sustainable Consumption, including Chemicals and Waste
Read the Women’s Major Group analysis and recommendations for the 7th Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, "Sustainable Consumption and Production, including Chemicals and Waste". Down [...]