Issues
areas which are dealt within in the negotiations on sustainable development, post2030, sustainable development goals, environment, financing for S.D…
12th Session of the Open Working Group on SDG, Goal 5 – Gender: Emilia Reyes’s Intervention
we caution against the use of a qualifier such as “in accordance with the program of Action of the ICPD” in a target on universal access to sexual and reproductive health. The new development frame [...]
SDG 12th, Response to Proposed Goal 16 Peace – Rule of Law: Pooja Parvati’s Intervention
We welcome Goal 16 and call on member states to retain it as this will prove to be one of the transformative blocks for the post-2015 agenda. We also reiterate our call for a greater emphasis on fo [...]
Co-chair’s Meeting: Attain Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Resources, Oceans and Seas
Read the Women's Major Group recommendations delivered at the Co-chair's meeting, on the Proposed Goal 14 "Attain conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas", held in New [...]
Co-Chair’s meeting: Protect and Restore Terrestrial Ecosystems and halt all Biodiversity Loss
We would like to see much more close linkages to poverty goal. This is because healthy ecosystems are the basis for people’s lives, particularly those living in poverty, providing essential goods a [...]
Analysis and Key Recommendations on Conflict Prevention, Post-conflict Peace building and Promotion of Durable Peace and Rule of Law and Governance
Peace is the basis for sustainable development. Living in a conflict-free society with enduring peace is a fundamental human right. Just and sustainable peace represents not just the absence of [...]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) designed to eliminate inequalities and poverty
Inequalities are conditions by which marginalized individuals and groups lag behind in the enjoyment of one particular right due to lack of access to other rights such as decent jobs, food, housin [...]
Analysis and key recommendations: Putting Women and Girls at the Center
A standalone goal on gender equality and women’s human rights must be transformative and truly address the root causes of gender inequalities and the social and cultural norms that lead to violati [...]
Analysis & key recommendations by the Women’s Major Group on Biodiversity
...forests and biodiversity and the policies to protect both must be discussed together and not be separated into two different topics as has been done in the TST Issues Briefs. Read the Women’s M [...]
Analysis and key Recommendations on Sustained and Inclusive Economic Growth and Macroeconomic Policy Questions
The Women’s Major Group (WMG) considers that addressing sustained and inclusive economic growth and macroeconomic policy questions is fundamental in shaping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). [...]
Morning Hearing on Energy: Emilia Reyes’s Intervention
Energy should not be a means to increase the concentration of wealth. This is why is really important to highlight the human rights framework and instruments to hold accountable private sector in t [...]