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 2019: Civil Society Forum
The Civil Society Forum it will take place, during the HLPF (SDG Summit), at the United Nations in New York, a space for feminist influence. Date: 24th September 2019 Local: UNHQ, New York [...]
IISD 2019: Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW)
"APCW is part of Regional Climate Weeks that are held annually in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Asia-Pacific. Regional Climate Weeks are organized by the Nairobi Framework Partne [...]
Reflections on the Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) System
“Women are often not even let in the door. The Major Group structure provides a guaranteed slot in the door. It's never enough, it's always very thin, but it's that guardianship that gives us t [...]
HLPF 2019: Prameswari Puspa Dewi’s Intervention at the ECOSOC Meeting
"Governments, corporations, the military industrial complex, international financial institutions, and other power holders must be held accountable to human rights and commitments to leave no one [...]
HLPF 2019: Kim Windvogel’s Intervention on Africa VNR
"How does the government plan to address these recommendations in a way that is both constitutionally gender responsive, inclusive of the youth of South Africa and sustainable for all?" Kim Windvo [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Supporting National Action through the High-level Political Forum outcomes: Evelyn Lead’s intervention
Evelyn Lead's (Women Environmental Programme ) presented a combined intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the Panel discussion: “Supporting national action through the high-leve [...]
Intergovernmental Negotiations on Post-2015 Outcome Document: Marisa Viana’s Intervention
Read Marisa Viana's [Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ)] intervention on behalf of the Women’s Major Group during the June Intergovernmental Negotiations on Post-2015: “As dive [...]
HLPF 2015, “the Role of Business in Implementation”: Nausheen Khan’s intervention
Nausheen Khan (Khan Foundation ) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 2nd meeting of the High-level Political Forum 2015 (under the auspices of ECOSOC). Read her full combined in [...]
HLPF, 2015 -The Role of Business in Implementation: Sehnaz Kiymaz’s intervention
Sehnaz Kiymaz (Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the 2nd meeting of the High-level Political Forum 2015. Read the full combined interventi [...]
10 Red Flags for the Zero draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post-‐2015 Development Agenda
Read the Zero draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda: "The Post-2015 has the potential to create a new global paradigm for just, sustainable an [...]