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.
HLPF 2020 Alternative VNR Reports by Our Members
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 [...]
WMG joins 180+ organizations for a Binding Treaty to regulate corporate power
WMG joins more than 180 organizations and 75+ individuals to call onto the member states for "advancing towards the adoption of a Binding Instrument on Transnational Companies and OBEs." "The COVID-1 [...]
350+ Groups Call onto UN and Member States for Strong Civil Society Inclusion in UN Virtual Meetings
More than 350 organizations from throughout the World have signed an "An Open Call for Strong and Inclusive Civil Society Engagement at UN Virtual Meetings." Initiated by the Women's Major Grou [...]
Draft Short Report from Major Groups and Stakeholders from UNEA5
Last week, the Women's Major Group had a strong presence at the online consultations with Major Groups and other Stakeholders and the bureau of Member States for UNEA 5. Representing WMG, Isis Alvarez [...]
From The Pandemic to 2030: Feminists Want System Change
COVID-19 crisis have brought to light many of the systemic issues that have been widening inequalities, throughout the world. Women, girls and gender non-confirming people have been gravely and dispr [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Women’s Major Group Letter to the attention of USGs Ms Amina Mohammed and Mr Thomas Gass
"Overall concern: Although it is good that many different people have become engaged in spreading the word about the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs, we call on leadership from the UN to avoid triviali [...]
Letter to To the attention of: First Vice-President Frans Timmermans European Commission
"We call for the creation of a robust, effective, participatory and transparent monitoring and accountability mechanism at EU level to guide and review implementation of the strategy, to analyse pr [...]
Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 Presents a Bold Vision for Women and Girls Advocates Gear Up for Work to Come
UNITED NATIONS—The Women’s Major Group, made up of more than 600 women’s organizations and networks from around the world, recognizes the historic agenda for global sustainable development that 19 [...]
Pinar Ilkkaracan’s (WWHR) statement on Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: on the outcome document
"If our hard-fought stand-alone goal on gender equality, along with its targets, is not placed within the general framework of Beijing, ICPD and their reviews, it will attain a rather much limited [...]
Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: Tetet Lauron’s Intervention on the Outcome Document
"We encourage the co-facilitators to keep the level of ambition high. Keep it up! We need the political will to deliver on a truly transformative agenda and remain committed to gender equality". Te [...]