High Level Political Forum (HLPF)
The High Level Political Forum (HLPF) is an outcome of Rio+20 and was further agreed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that it will have a central role in overseeing follow-up and review of the Agenda at the global level, including through voluntary national review and thematic reviews. It is expected to serve as a novel, creative, science and evidence based and action oriented platform to promote implementation of sustainable development commitments. General Assembly Resolution 67/290 was far-reaching in the participation and engagement of Major Groups and other Stakeholders, enshrining a role for the Women’s Major Group and others.
The Women’s Major Group plays a key role in the HLPF by preparing a formal input annually, preparing interventions and side events and advocating our evolving positions with delegates, including through a group of women who attend the annual session as WMG members. The WMG will also support the presentation of shadow reports.
The HLPF meets every year for eight days under the auspices of ECOSOC and every four years for a period of two days at the level of Heads of State and Government under the auspices of the General Assembly. The HLPF will result in a negotiated outcome document each year.
To join the WMG-HLPF sub-group, email: lean@wedo.org, andreia.dasilva@wecf.eu, and Eleanor@wedo.org
More information about the HLPF process here
HLPF 2017: Buki Williams’s QA Response on “SDG 5”
"Achieving gender equality must benefit all women and girls. We must recognize that women and girls are not a homogenous group, gender is not a binary and as such women in all their diversity and [...]
HLPF 2017: Nalini Singh’s remarks as an official speaker at the “Session on Review of SDG 5”
"Systemic and Structural Barriers to Achieving Gender Equality which perpetuate and entrench discrimination against women include: 1. Patriarchy and the rise of authoritarian governance; 2. Milita [...]
HLPF 2017: Esther Kimani’s QA Response on “Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for all at all Ages”
"We cannot achieve the SDGs without a focus on addressing the universal health and rights of all people, particularly women, with a special focus on girls, adolescents, young women and older women [...]
HLPF Session: “Review of SDGs implementation: SDG 5”
Nalini Singh (Executive Director, Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM), representative of Women's Major Group) is one of the Lead discussants during the HLPF session: "Review of SDGs implementation [...]
HLPF Side Event: Still Left Behind: Women’s Rights Groups’ Participation and Leadership in UN and SDG Implementation Decision-Making
The Women's Major Group invites you to attend our combined Side Event during the High-level Political Forum: "Still Left Behind: Women’s Rights Groups’ Participation and Leadership in UN and SDG I [...]
HLPF Thematic Review: “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives”
Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga (Co-Chair of the Major Groups and other Stakeholders HLPF Coordination Mechanism; Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia) and the WMG Latin America and Caribbean [...]
HLPF Session: “Review of SDGs implementation: SDG 2”
The Review of SDGs implementation: SDG 2 Session will take place on Tuesday, 11 July, from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, at the Conference Room 4, UNHQ. Meena Bilgi (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture [...]
HLPF 2017: Sehnaz Bahçeci’s Intervention as an official speaker on “Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World”
“obscene concentration of wealth” and its structural and systematic drivers is causing exactly the poverty we are trying to eradicate with Agenda 2030, and with women and girls disproportionately [...]
HLPF 2017: Emilia Reyes’ opening remarks as an official speaker on “Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World-Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives”
"We believe that gender equality and the eradication of all forms of discrimination and violence should be at the core of every effort when implementing the 2030 Agenda". Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga [...]
HLPF 2017: Meena Bilgil’s Intervention as Lead Discussant on the Session on SDG5
"Key to transformation is empowerment of small-scale producers including women, youth, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and fishers, who will continue to make up the vast majority of food producer [...]