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.
Chair’s summary of the ICESDF Helsinki/Espoo event on Financing for Sustainable Development
DAWN on behalf of WMG, participated in the stakeholder dialogue of the Helsinki meeting of the committee on Financing for Sustainable Development. The concerns of civil society are partly reflected [...]
Helen Hakena of Papua New Guinea’s strong speech delivered at the UNESCAP Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development in Thailand on May 19th 2014
Helen Hakena’s (Leitana Women’s Development Agency, Bougainville, PNG and Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development) gave a presentation on behalf of the Women’s Major Group on May 19 [...]
Congratulations to Silvia Ribeiro
Silvia Ribeiro (ETCgroup) spoke as Women's representative on the topic of Gender Equality and Women Rights in South-South Cooperation at the High Level Event organised by the President of the General [...]
Aizhamal Bakashova presented the joint policy recommendations from all the Women’s organisations at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand
Read Aizhamal Bakashova's presentation at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand. Download here. [...]
11th Session of the Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals
This eleventh session was held at the UN Headquarter from 5-9 May 2014, and dealt with sixteen clusters: Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality; Sustainable agricult [...]
