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: Mara Dolan’s Article on Climate Breakdown, Decision-Makers, We Need You to Wake Up, to Rise Up!
Climate change is a feminist issue. Or really, to be more specific, climate change is an issue of patriarchy, racism, and exploitation. And if feminists care about these things, then we really need [...]
HLPF 2019: Chantal Umuhoza’s Intervention on Rwanda VNR
"Rwanda needs to ensure wider inclusion and non discrimination on any ground as articulated in Rwanda’s constitution. We also call on Rwanda to speed up the ratification of the AU protocol on the [...]
HLPF 2019: Aleksandra Mladenovic’s Intervention on Serbia
(...) we would like to add that the nexus women-human rights-environment is to be considered as a horizontal issue, intersected within all aspects of society and all SDGs. Therefore, interlinkag [...]
HLPF 2019: Jonathan Chalon’s Intervention on St. Lucia VNR
"We must create safe spaces and provide the necessary resources so that all citizens can be so empowered to play their part in addressing the SDGs". Jonathan Chalon (Rutgers) delivered his interve [...]
HLPF 2019: Sarah Zaman’s Intervention on What are Regions Telling us About the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs?
We need to change the nature of discussions at the HLPF. The APFSD, for example, allows space to discuss systemic barriers to sustainable development, and have specific action-oriented recommendat [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
UNGA 2015: Emilia Reyes’ intervention at the Informal Interactive Hearings on the Post-2015 Development
Emilia Reyes (Equidad de Genero & WMG OP) delivered her statement on behalf of the Women’s Major Group, during the Informal Interactive Hearings with Representatives of NGOs, Civil Society, Maj [...]
UNGA 2015: Tina Rai’s intervention at the Informal Interactive Hearings on the Post-2015 Development
Mrinalini Rai (Global Forest Coalition (GFC) & WMG OP) delivered her intervention on behalf of the Women’s Major Group, during the Round Table 1, on the theme of theme of the Declaration at th [...]
Women’s Major Group asks Ban Ki Moon that all GA Post-2015 „Roundtables“ should include gender equality experts
Read the Letter presented by the Women's Major Group during the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post‐2015 Development Agenda: Round Tables. Download here [...]
Intergovernmental Negotiations on Post-2015 Follow-up and Review: Accountability and Monitoring. Eleanor Blomstrom’s intervention
The post-2015 agenda has incredible potential to turn aspiration to reality and to end structural inequalities. We talk about a transformative agenda that leaves no one behind. This also demands a [...]
Women’s Major Group Recommendations for Accountability, Monitoring, and Review of the Post-2015 Agenda
Read the Women’s Major Group Recommendations for Accountability, Monitoring, and Review of the Post-2015 Agenda, released on May 18th, 2015. Download the recommendations here and the Paper on Accoun [...]