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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The role of the WMG in VNR to HLPF: Lessons learned from 2016 and how we can engage for 2017
The Women’s Major Group is holding a Webinar on the role of the WMG in National Voluntary Reviews to HLPF: Lessons learned from 2016 and how we can engage for 2017. Join us on Oct 11, 2 [...]
Women’s Organizations Evaluate the First Review of the 2030 Agenda
"Grass roots organizations risk being reduced to tokenistic consultation instead of being included in national policy development," said Nurgul Djanaeva of Kyrgz Forum of Women NGOs. "Women's orga [...]
HLPF 2016: Sehnaz Kiymaz’s Intervention at the General Debate
As the Women’s Major Group we call on a recognition of three cross-cutting elements, the universal human rights framework, gender equality, and the justice and sustainability criteria that need to [...]
HLPF 2016: Viva Tatawaqa’s Intervention on Countries in Special Situations
Viva Tatawaqa (DIVA / RESURJ) delivered her speech on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 12th session on Countries in special situations, at the 7th Meeting of the High-level Political F [...]
UN High Level Thematic Debate on Human Rights: Diakhoumba Gassama’s Intervention
And today, in 2016, we are guilty, ladies and gentlemen, yes, I said guilty, of participating in the perpetuation of totalitarianism, some of us, actively, and the majority, by remaining deaf, sil [...]
6th OWG: WMG Members’ Intervention on Technology Divides
Neth Daño, Kathy Jo Wetter and Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group) delivered their statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th session of the Open Working Group, on "science, Technology an [...]
2nd United Nations Environment Assembly: Delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) will take place at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, under the overarching theme of Delivering on the environmental dimensi [...]
Women’s Movement’s Engagement in the SDGs: Lessons Learned from the Women’s Major Group
"The Women's Major Group's role is to assure effective public participation of women's non-government groups in the United Nations (UN) policy processes on Sustainable Development, the post-2015 d [...]
The second Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-2)
Members of the Women’s Major Group presented their key issues on COP21 Paris Agreement at UNEP OECPR 2 meeting in Nairobi. Isis Alvarez (Global Forest Coalition and WMG Organizing Partner) presente [...]
Women’s Major Group: Perspectives Main Issue 17
Read the new publication on "Perspectives", issue number 17. Lead author: Sascha Gabizon, WECF International. Co-authors: Isis Alvarez and Simone Lovera GFC; Caroline Usikpedo NDWMD; Neth Dano ETC- [...]