Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals which all countries have committed to implement in an integrated and inclusive manner. The 2030 Agenda aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (SDG 5) through specific targets on eliminating gender based elimination, violence, harmful practices, and on ensuring that women and girls’ rights in all areas are upheld.
The 2030 Agenda recognizes the important role of civil society including Major Groups such as the Women’s Major Group. The Women’s Major Group for the 2030 Agenda, facilitates the participation of women’s rights and feminist organizations and movements in the policy process, linking the global to the national process, as well as ensuring coherent with the other UN women’s rights and other related processes. The Women’s Major Group is currently facilitated by 8 elected Organizing Partners (OPs).
The Women’s Major Group 2030, works through active working groups to provide input to the policy processes at all levels, and to ensure coherence and cooperate with the Women’s constituencies in other policy processes.
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Strengthening Civil Society’s Role in promoting gender equality through the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
"Structural barriers and persistent social norms continue to hold back women from fulfilling their political, economic, and social potential, and restrict their access to equality and social justic [...]
HLPF 2018: Jaclyn Blickley’s intervention at the 49th meeting of the ECOSOC High-Level segment 2018
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HLPF 2018: Marta Szostak’s Review on Poland VNR
Affordable housing remains a priority for Polish families, could the Polish government provide some insight on how the government’s National Housing Program addresses the challenge of accessing an [...]
HLPF 2018: Essivi Sinmégnon’s response to Togo VNR
Essivi Sinmégnon Acakpo-Addra (Women Environmental Programme Togo) delivered her Q&A response on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the VNR reviews at the High-level Political Forum, held in [...]
HLPF 2018: Land, Biodiversity, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
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HLPF 2018: Katia Araujo’s Review of the SDG 15
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HLPF 2018: Gertrude Kenyangi’s intervention as Lead Discussant on SGD 15
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HLPF 2018: Joyce Hamilton’s Review on Leaving No One Behind: are we succeeding?
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HLPF 2018: Sustainable Consumption and Production, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
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HLPF 2018: Lillian Cueva’s Review on SDG 11: Cities
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