ABOUT US
The Women’s Major Group was created at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where governments recognized Women as one of the nine important groups in society for achieving sustainable development. The WMG is an official participant in the United Nations processes on Sustainable Development. Other processes use the major group or similar systems, with the WMG active in the processes of the United Nations Environment Program since 1996.
WMG Endorses Joint Civil Society Statement on Abortion ahead of HRC 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MBaiUhtzNg The WMG has joined over 650 organizations and individuals in endorsing a joint civil society statement on abortion rights, which was then delivered on Oct [...]
Global People’s Assembly 2021
From September 21-23, the Women's Major Group co-organized the 2021 virtual Global People's Assembly (GPA) along with GCAP and over 30 regional and global networks. The GPA occurred in parallel to the [...]
Women’s Major Group Highlights from HLPF 2021
Women's Major Group Highlights from HLPF 2021 HLPF & HLS 2021 have been two amazing weeks with so many of our members from throughout the world. The challenges of virtual modalities, participation [...]
MGoS Coordination Mechanism Statement on HLPF 2021 Ministerial Declaration
The Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) Coordination Mechanism released a statement today expressing dismay and deep disappointment with the breaking of the silence procedure related to the 202 [...]
WMG Member’s HLPF 2021 VNR Alternative Reports
Similar to previous years, the Women’s Major Group’s members throughout the World, have prepared Alternative / Shadow Reports for their countries’ Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The list of HLPF 2 [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
HLPF 2017: Luisa Emilia Reyes’s Participation at the SDGLive
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HLPF 2017: Eni Lestari’s QA Response on “Investing in and financing for SDGs”
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HLPF 2017: Women’s Major Group Position Paper
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ECE RFSD 2017: Nurgul Dzhanaeva’s Intervention at the Policy Segment Session
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Why the Women’s Major Group is disappointed with a man as UN SG again
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