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 Presents in Finland & UN Women VNRs Briefing
Mabel Bianco, OP for Latin America & the Caribbean, presented on behalf of the WMG at the Finland & UN Women virtual briefing on integrating a gender perspective in the VNRs. Read the transcri [...]
Women Constituency Statement at AP People’s Forum for Sustainable Development
At the "ASIA PACIFIC PEOPLES’ FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2020: Solidarity and System Change are the only Antidotes to COVID-19 Crisis" that took place virtually between 26 - 30 November 2020 th [...]
WMG Members Lead Dialogue About Care in LAC
Report on the dialogue about care in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Women's Group of the CS Participation Mechanism from Latin American and the Caribbean for Sustainable Development [...]
WMG joins 245 organisations for a call to support the United Nations Special Procedures
WMG joins 245 organisations and 83 individuals for a call to support the United Nations Special Procedures for it to "survive" the COVID-19 pandemic, initiated by the Ours Initiative. "UN Special Proc [...]
WMG joins 950+ organizations to call for a “Right to a Healthy Environment”
WMG joins 950+ organizations worldwide for the "Global Call for the UN Human Rights Council to urgently recognise the Right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment" "As the pre-eminent i [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Women’s Major Group: Perspectives Main Issue 17
Read the new publication on "Perspectives", issue number 17. Lead author: Sascha Gabizon, WECF International. Co-authors: Isis Alvarez and Simone Lovera GFC; Caroline Usikpedo NDWMD; Neth Dano ETC- [...]
Press released Agenda 2030: unpacking gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and the Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan are pleased to present two new publications focused on unpacking gender and sexual and re [...]
CSW60: Multi stakeholders Forum
Members of the Women's Major Group presented their statements at the Multi-stakeholders Forum, in preparation for the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60), organized by the [...]
Women’s Rights organisations express concern about lack of funding priority: Letter sent to Minister Ploumen on 7 Jan 2016
50 national, regional and global women’s rights networks and foundations have sent a letter to the Dutch Minister to express concern about the allocation of scare resources, crippling the global wo [...]
Women’s Stories From the Climate Frontlines
The Asian‐Pacific Resource and Research Centre (ARROW) will launch a series of postcards featuring women’s stories from climate change affected communities in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Maldives [...]