Regions
Population and Sustainable Development Alliance at COP21
Joint event with the Population & Sustainable Development Alliance (PSDA) on 1 Dec at the Climate Generations area and the WGC space - on 4 Dec from 1-3 pm. Women's Stories from the Climate Fron [...]
A Universal Agenda? Echoes of Colonial Power Dominate Post 2015 negotiations
"In the final week of intergovernmental negotiations taking place in New York, civil society, from both the Global North and Global South, remain concerned about the EU’s continued ‘business as usu [...]
The United States Could Undermine Sustainable Development Agenda
"The Women’s Major Group is urging Northern governments to go beyond the Addis Ababa agreement to develop concrete means of implementation for the Sustainable Development Goals and to address the m [...]
UN General Assembly Special Session on Population and Development: Ana Cristina Gonzalez Veles’s Intervention
Read Ana Cristina Gonzalez Velez's (Articulacion Feminista Mercosur) intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Population and Development, held [...]
UNECE: Ministerial Consultation on Accountability and Monitoring for Post-2015
Read the Women's Major Group policy statement on accountability and monitoring for Post-2015 and Sustainable Development Goals, delivered at the Ministerial Consultation on accountability and monito [...]
Opening Panel of the Ministerial Consultation on Accountability and Monitoring for Post-2015 SDG: Sascha Gabizon’s Intervention
We need a combination of giving incentives through providing the right and sufficient Means of Implementation, and peer reviews, similar to the UPRs – the Universal Periodic Reviews -, which is the [...]
UNECE: Accountability and Monitoring for Post-2015 and SDG: Marianne Haslegrave’s Intervention
Important not to overlook existing mechanisms for ensuring accountability Marianne Haslegrave (Commonwealth Medical Trust) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the UNECE meeting, on accoun [...]
Small Island Developing States: Noelene Nabulivou’s Intervention
What we need now is a clear S.A.M.O.A Pathway implementation plan. Read Noelene Nabulivou's (Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality, Fiji) combined statement released on behalf of Women's M [...]
APWLD’s Asia Pacific CSO declaration on Sustainable Development
The new development framework must reaffirm and build upon the Rio principles and other international agreements in the area of development and human rights, including the International Conference [...]
WMG key contribution to Major Group and other Stakeholders Policy Recommendations to the 3rd UN Global Conference on Small Island Development States (SIDS), Apia, Samoa
We reiterate the vital role of civil society and other stakeholders as development partners with SIDs and all UN Member States and the United Nations in supporting, advancing and implementing globa [...]