Environment (UNEP – UNEA)
The United Nations Environment Program, has recently obtained universal membership, meaning that all 196 member states of the United Nations participate in its governance and programs. Every 2 years, UNEP hosts the United Nations Environmental Assembly held in Nairobi, Kenya, where global environmental governance issues are addressed through resolutions proposed by member states for adoption. UNEA provides a good platform to plan and review the implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ahead of the High Level Political Forum.
Since 2005, UNEP has adopted the Major Group and Stakeholder format to ensure diverse civil society engagement. The Women’s Major Group at UNEP, is co-facilitated by two organizations, currently the Global Forest Coalition and the Niger Delta Women’s Movement for Peace and Development, supported by regional and global partners from APWLD, RSOROPTIMISTS, WECF, WOCAN, etc. There is a close cooperation between WMG at UNEP, and the WMG for the 2030 Agenda, in particular where the Sustainable Development Goals are concerned.
To join the WMG-UNEP, email: isis.alvarez@globalforestcoalition.org, nigerdeltawomen@gmail.com, and sascha.gabizon@wecf.eu
More information about the UNEP process here
Save the Date: The reality of plastic pollution and solutions to address it
"Plastic pollution is a global, and raising, concern. We have produced more plastic in the last 10 years than in the whole of the 20th century, and every piece of plastic ever produced still exists [...]
Women’s Major Group Reflections of the 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-3)
Read the Women's Major Group reflections delivered to United Nations Environment (UNEP), from its engagement at UNEA-3 with an intent to improve future UNEAs in terms of civil society participation, [...]
UNEA 3, Opening Plenary (OECPR): Helen Hakena intervention
Helen Hakena (Leitana Nehan Women Development Agency) delivered a combined statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, at the Opening Plenary of the third Open-ended Meeting of the Committee of [...]
UNEA 3, GMGSF Session 4, Grassroots Voices from Across the world: Helda Khasmy intervention
Helda Khasmy (SERUNI) delivered a combined statement on behalf of the Women’s Major Group, at the 4th Session of the GMGSF "Grassroots voices from across the world: impacts of pollution on people's [...]
UNEA 3: Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum Interventions
Watch the Women’s Major Group members interventions during the Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum at the UNEA 3, held in Nairobi, 2017, Nov. 27- 28. Access here. [...]
UNEA: Report on Presentation of the WMG at UNEP CPR, intervention by Asha Abdulrahman
"While noting that the environmental pillar of sustainable development is a key driver for human livelihoods and well-being, different forms of pollution pose a grave threat to human health, espec [...]
UNEA3: WMG Input to Preliminary Draft “Towards a Pollution-Free Planet”
"The WMG appreciates the President of UNEA and member states for the progress so far on the Preliminary Draft of the Ministerial Declaration released on 21st September 2017. We, however, propose se [...]
UNEA-3: WMG Input to the Report “Towards a Pollution Free Planet”
We feel the report lacks a deeper analysis of the feminization of pollution, and how it impacts differently on poor and indigenous peoples. For instance, worldwide figures from women’s illnesses and [...]
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