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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More information about the 2030 Agenda process, access here
ECERFSD 2019: Valentina Bodrug-Lungu & Anton Martinov’s Intervention on Strengthening Institutions for Change: Fostering Effective and Inclusive Governance for Sustainable Development
Effective governance is an important precondition in order to implement any in-sector reform and to achieve important commitments under the SDGs. SDG 16 should be a key driver and provides a clear [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Alexandra Radevska & Andrea Nakova’s Intervention on Coping with Climate Change: Strengthening Resilience and Adaptation
We urgently need to invest in community supported agriculture, in agro-ecological development, that increases local produced food, increases biodiversity and therefore food security and climate re [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Adriana Spahiu’s Intervention on Acting for Climate: Stepping Up Climate Change Policies, Action and Awareness in the Region
Many people think that climate mitigation should pay itself, via market mechanism. But we know that climate disasters are causing immense costs to vulnerable countries and communities. We heard [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Anton Leppik’s Intervention at the closing session
"We believe that full compliance with international obligations is precondition for any of the SDGs. Regretfully, some governments that report SDG achievements fail to ensure respect of economic, [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Andrea Nakova’s Intervention at the Plenary Debate
"CSO forum calls for a stronger recognition of the contribution of civil society to the Agenda2030 process". Andrea Nakova (Journalists for Human Rights) spoke on behalf of the Regional Civil S [...]
ECERFSD 2019 Side Event: Reducing Inequalities in Access to Clean and Safe Water
Join Europe and Central Asia Women's Major Group OP, WECF side event on Reducing Inequalities in Access to Clean and Safe Water, during the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE R [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Ena Peeva’s Intervention on Technology
"The benefits and risks of technology for sustainable developments are here, we are all responsible to work together in ensuring that these do not represent only trigger for profit rise and bring [...]
CSW 63: Women’s Major Group Side Event on Callenges and Successes
Join us at our side event during the CSW 63 Meeting Local: Church Center, 2nd Floor Time: 2:30 pm Date: 19th March 2019 [...]
NGOs urges Nigeria to prioritise WASH issues
Benson Attah (National Coordinator, Society for Water and Sanitation [NEWSAN], WMG member) and Priscila Achakpa (National Coordinator, WEP, WMG Africa Regional OP) participated at the one-day stake [...]
Regional Meeting on Arab States: Shaima’ intervention of Challenges of Engagement of Civil Society in the VNR Process in the Arab Region
Shaima (Kenana Association for Sustainable Development and Women Empowerment,WMG Arab States Regional OP Organizing Partner) presented her intervention on behalf of the WMG, during the Regional Mee [...]