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.
UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024: Caroline Usikpedo’s Intervention on Sustainable Energy
Access to energy makes communities safer, helps small businesses thrive and powers essential services. Therefore a comprehensive approach to scaling up energy access is critical. Caroline Usikpedo [...]
High-Level Dialogue on the Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2019: A Mid-Point Review
Save the Date! The high-level dialogue on the Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2019: A Mid-Point Review, will help inform forthcoming discussions relat [...]
International Conference on Climate Action – ICCA2019
"The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the State of Baden-Württemberg and the City of Heidelberg will jointly host the International Conference on [...]
HLPF 2019: Erin Helfert Moësse’s Intervention at the 2nd discussion of the HLPF Political Declaration Zero Draft
The Ministerial Declaration should have bold vision and build on national and regional forums to address structural gender inequalities, discrimination, and violence to ensure the SDGs truly benef [...]
Towards a Global Pact for the Environment
Save the Date! The third substantive session of the working group shall meet in Nairobi. Attendance at the sessions of the ad hoc open-ended working group as observers is open to relevant non-gover [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Closing Panel at the UNECE review Beijing+20: Sascha Gabizon’s Intervention
Read the Intervention presented by Sascha Gabizon (WECF International) in the closing panel at the UNECE review Beijing+20, held in Geneva, on the 7th November 2014. Download here. [...]
Letter to the attention of Amina J Mohammed from the Women’s Major Group
Recommendations for the Synthesis Report from the Women’s Major Group to the Honourable Amina J. Mohammed: "We, the Women’s Major Group and the Post-2015 Women’s Coalition, are writing to you in a [...]
Response to the Report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing
The response was primarily drafted by Tessa Khan of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) in collaboration with APWLD’s staff and members, and reflects the input of Nicole Bid [...]
Women’s Major Group Response to the Report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing coordinated by APWLD
Read the Women's Major Group Response to the Report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing. Download here [...]
UNECE: Ministerial Consultation on Accountability and Monitoring for Post-2015
Read the Women's Major Group policy statement on accountability and monitoring for Post-2015 and Sustainable Development Goals, delivered at the Ministerial Consultation on accountability and monito [...]