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 Members Launch Global Advocacy Toolkit: “Young feminists want system change”
A WMG member organization and previous OP, WECF, Women Engaged for a Common Future, has launched a global advocacy toolkit for the Beijing +25 process and beyond. The resource is entitled "Young Femin [...]
WMG Participation in WSSCC Roundtable
The Women's Major Group has been supporting ongoing efforts alongside the WSSCC towards integrating human rights in the WASH agenda to leave no one behind in SDG 6. In October 2019, we participated in [...]
WMG Members Host Feminist Digital Organizing Teach-Ins
In early April, as countries around the world began to implement social distancing measures to protect public health in the face of COVID-19, it became clear that feminists must be equipped with tools [...]
WMG Joins Human Rights Sign-on Letter in Opposition to the US’ Commission on Unalienable Rights
The WMG recently joined the following sign on letter; see attached PDF for full letter and signatories. May 1, 2020 Commission on Unalienable Rights United States Department of State 2201 C Street NW [...]
Civil Society FfD Group’s Final Letter to the President of ECOSOC
CS FfD Group - FfD Response to COVID - 31 March 2020 [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
HLPF 2015: Vanesa Treers’s Intervention on the Challenge of Reviewing Implementation
"How do the panelists see that beneficial methodologies and tools such as gender budgeting can best be incorporated into the HLPF to strengthen monitoring and review of implementation"? Vanesa Tre [...]
HLPF 2015: Valentina Bodrug-Lungu’s Intervention
“How and when will you, when you come home to your countries, convene civil society, and all stakeholders and rights-holders, to initiate the process of transformation towards the SDGs?” Valentina [...]
HLPF 2015: Jessica George’s Intervention on Statistical Indicators
"What role do you see the HLPF playing in relation to the Statistical Commission and ongoing processes to define global, regional and national indicators?" Jessica George (Women's Environment and [...]
HLPF 2015: Malyn Ando’s Intervention on Reaching out to the World
"In communicating the post-2015development agenda, the 'what' and ‘why’ are as important as the 'how'. If the ‘what’ and ‘why’ do not reflect people's aspirations for development justice, the ‘how [...]
HLPF 2015: Kehkashan Basu’s Intervention
"We are all talking about a transformative agenda but how will you ensure that inclusivity of civil society and women as agents of this transformation will be the foundation of enacting the SDGs?" [...]