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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HLPF 2015: Sebastian Ramirez’s Intervention
Sebastián Ramirez Mendoza (Equidad de Género, Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia -Mexico) delivered his statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th Meeting on High-Level Political For [...]
HLPF 2015: Sai Racherla’s Intervention
Countries need to fully integrate the SDG agenda at the policy as well as at the programatic level, and therefore it will be imperative for Member States to not only monitor goals, targets and ind [...]
HLPF 2015 (2nd meeting), Civil Society Briefing: Eleanor Blomstrom’s Intervention
Eleanor Blomstrom's (Women's Environment & Development) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group, at the Morning meeting with representatives of major groups and other stakeholders, on the th [...]
HLPF 2015 – Keeping science involved in SDG implementation: Estelle Wagner’s intervention
Estelle Wagner (IPPF/WHR ) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the 4th meeting of the High-level Political Forum, on Strengthening integration, implementation and review - the HLPF af [...]
Supporting National Action through the High-level Political Forum outcomes: Neusheen’s intervention
Nausheen Khan (Khan Foundation) presented a combined intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 3rd meeting of the High-level Political Forum. Read her full combined statement he [...]
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 [...]
Comments prepared by the Women’s Major Group on the zero – draft Presented by the OWG co – chairs
Read the Women's Major Group comments on the “Introduction and Proposed Goals and Targets on Sustainable Development for the Post2015 Development Agenda” delivered during the 12th OWG session, hel [...]
6th Session of the Open Working Group: Nerea Craviotto intervention
Read Nerea Craviotto's (AWID) combined statement delivered on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th session of the OWG, held in New York, December, 2013. Download here. [...]
4th Session of OWG: Alexandra Garita Presentation on Health and Population Dynamics
Read Alexandra Garita's (Resurj) presentation on health and population dynamics, on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 4th Session of the Open Working Group, held in New York, from 17-19 Ju [...]