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: WMG endorses #FundData Campaign
The Women's Major Group endorsed together with more than 30 other Organizations the UNESCO's call for better data regarding education. Download here. [...]
HLPF 2019: EGM on Advancing the 2030 Agenda into the HLPF’s Second Cycle
Advancing the 2030 Agenda into the HLPF’s Second Cycle: An expert meeting for reviewing advancing the 2030 agenda. Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with UN-DESA Offi [...]
UNFCCC COP 2019: Bonn Climate Change Conference on SBSTA 50 and SBI 50
The UN Climate Change Conference 2019 is taking place in Bonn, Germany, on Fiftieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 50) and Fiftieth session of the S [...]
UNEP CPR: CSOs comments to Private Sector Engagement
There is a need for full transparency when funds from the private sector are to receive. We also support Member State's requests for UNEP to share a roadmap of future MoU. Women's Major Group at U [...]
HLPF 2019: WMG Comments to the 2019 Global SD Report
Despite the premise of challenging growth and the dominant and destructive paradigm associated with the pursuit of growing GDP, the report’s “Call to Action” fails to follow its critiques to their [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Women Gender Constituency, COP 20: Bridget Burns’s Intervention
Read Bridget Burns (WEDO) intervention on behalf of W&G Constituency during the COP20 held in Lima, December 14, 2014. Download here. [...]
Sascha Gabizon’s Ppresentation at the High level regional Beijing+20 meeting in Geneva
The outcome of this meeting should say that the allocation of development budgets should ensure full implementation of gender equality and women’s human rights, not only pick out one point here or [...]
Women Gender Constituency, COP 20: Intervention by Carmen Capriles
Read Carmen Capriles (Reaccion Climatica, Bolívia & The EWA Project of WECF and WEDO) intervention on Behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency, delivered at the Opening Plenary of UNFCCC C [...]
Statement prepared by feminists and allies at the Financial Transparency Coalition and Latindad Conference
Hidden Money, Hidden Resources: Financing Development with Transparency: Why tackle the links between illicit capital flows, tax policies, and gender justice? held in Lima, 14 – 15 October 2014. Do [...]
Presentation at opening of the UNECE Beijing+20 CSO Forum: Sascha Gabizon’s Intervention
Read Sascha Gabizon's (WECF International) presentation at the opening of the CSO Forum of the UNECE Beijing+20 conference, Geneva Lessons 20 years after the 4th World Women's Conference: "where ar [...]