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.
Women Major Group and Recommendations for the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
Women Major Group members have been very active in supporting the development of the civil society recommendations for the Asia-Pacif Forum on Sustainable Development. Download recommendations here [...]
Women Major Group speaker Anita Gurumurthy’s presentation at the High Level Event of the President of the General Assembly on 22 of May at the UN HQ in New York.
"How can all forms of cooperation, namely North-South, South-South and Triangular Cooperation, as well as ICT for development, be utilized to achieve effective means of implementation for the Post-201 [...]
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 [...]
