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.
Chad VNR 2019 Parallel Report: Agenda 2030
Les gouvernements doivent prévenir les attaques et assurer la sécurité et le leadership des femmes défenseures des droits humains, des militantes pour la paix et des défenseurs de l' environnement [...]
HLPF 2019: Chika Mercedes Ibeh’s Intervention on LDCs and LLDCs
Sustainable development requires a financial framework that curbs illicit financial flows and progressive taxation to reduce concentrations of wealth and economic power. It requires corporations t [...]
HLPF 2019: Elizabeth Ampairwe’s Intervention on Progress, Gaps and Obstacles: Are We on Track for Leaving no One Behind?
“The HLPF must dramatically accelerate coherence and coordination. Gender equality and women’s meaningful participation and rights must be at the center of the 2030 Agenda”. Elizabeth Ampairwe (Fo [...]
HLPF 2019: Women’s Major Group Side Event
Join the Women's Major Group at our side event on Women's and Feminist's Perspective: Toward the HLPF 2019 Governance. Come learn the feminist's position on systematic barriers, interlinkages with [...]
HLPF 2019: Women’s Major Group Strategy Meeting
The Women’s Major Group Meeting for the High-level Political Forum 2019 is going to be held in New York, on July 8. Download the agenda here. Venue: Church Center of the UN, 2nd Floor, 777 UN P [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Stakeholder Preparatory Forum for the Post-2015 Development Agenda Negotiations: Notes
Read some notes taken during the Stakeholder Preparatory Forum for the Post-2015 Development Agenda Negotiations on 16 January 2015. Download here. [...]
Panel on Means of Implementation and Global Partnership for Development
Read Elenita Daño's (ETC Group) statement delivered on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the Panel on Means of Implementation and Global Partnership for Development, focus session on technology [...]
Women Major Group Response to the SG’s Synthesis Report: “The Road to Dignity by 2030”
The Women’s Major Group presents its analysis and response to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Report “The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the P [...]
Women Gender Constituency, COP 20: Gertrude Kenyangi’s intervention
Read Gertrude Kenyangi's (Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment, Uganda) intervention on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency during the COP20 held in Lima, December 14, 2014. Dow [...]
Women Gender Constituency, COP 20: Kalyani Raj’s intervention
Read Kalyani Raj's (All India Women’s Conference) intervention on behalf of W&G Constituency during the COP20 held in Lima, December 14, 2014. Download here or access the Women Gender Constitue [...]