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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Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in SDG: Marianne Haslegrave Intervention
Marianne Haslegrave (Commonwealth Medical Association -CMA) presented her combined statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th Session of the IAEG-SDGs, on the thematic of the A [...]
VNR 2017: WMG report on VNR 2017 Process
How Women’s Rights & Feminist Organizations and Networks Participated in Voluntary National Reviews on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda The Women's Major Group invites you to read the final c [...]
Towards Building Sustainable Statistical Capacity for the Implementation and Review of the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs
"The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China are jointly organizing a Seminar on Statistical Training from 13 to 15 September 2017 in Beijing, Chi [...]
HLPF 2017: Louisa Eikhomun’s intervention on the VNR Session 9 “Nigeria, Panama and Sweden”
"What strategies are in place to include these groups (locally based organizations, marginalized groups and those in vulnerable situations) in the effective implementation of the SDGs?". Louisa Ei [...]
Side Event: Ground Level People’s Forum (GLPF)
Save the date! The Women's Major Group invites you all to attend the side event "Ground Level People’s Forum (GLPF)" organized by CPDE; AP-RCEM; APWLD; BAYAN-USA; Gabriela-USA; ESCR-Net and WEDO. D [...]
HLPF 2017: Mari-Claire Price QA Response on Leveraging interlinkages for effective implementation of SDGs
"We are expecting a strong ministerial declaration coming out of this meeting, that tackles these issues, as well as strong language on Means of Implementation AND on Women Human Rights! We will [...]
HLPF 2017: Pam Rajput’s QA Response on “Science-Policy Interface and Emerging Issues”
"Public policy should be based on independent science, rather than ideology, on social, gender and environmental assessments, and include full participation in planning and decision making of dive [...]
HLPF 2017: Alla Kuvatowa’s QA Response on Advancing science, technology and innovation for SDGs
"Technology is crucial to accelerate the implementation of the sustainable development goals and consequently the 2030 Agenda, but we also want to stress the importance of respecting traditional o [...]
HLPF 2017: Hema Wihongi’s QA Response on SDG14 “oceans, sea and marine resources”
"Women’s leadership must be prioritized in local, national, regional, and global discussions and decision making structures directing sustainable uses of ocean systems. Equitable political partici [...]
HLPF 2017: Masina Fusi Tietie’s QA Response to Taking forward the SAMOA Pathway
"Inclusion of SIDS concerns and aims in all UN negotiations must be a priority and as such due time needs to be secured as per the agreed resolutions". Masina 'Fusi" Tietie (YWCA Samoa) delivered [...]