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.
POSITION PAPERS
NEWS
Ban Ki-moon: Sustainable Development Goals ‘leave no one behind’
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A Universal Agenda? Echoes of Colonial Power Dominate Post 2015 negotiations
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The United States Could Undermine Sustainable Development Agenda
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