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: Abigail Ruane’s Intervention at the Intergovernmental Consultations on the Political Declaration
Delaying action for women and girls is not an option. The time is now for women’s leadership and a women’s rights and peace agenda for every women and every girl of every age, place, ability a [...]
GP DRR 2019: WMG DRR Summary
Shaila Shahid (International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh), compiled the WMG DRR participation summary, for the sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Red [...]
UNFF14: Fernanda Rodrigues’s Presentation at the Actions by Major Group Partners in Support of the UNSPF 2030
Our main objective is to mainstream gender on the GFG implementation taking into account SDG 5 as well as work to empower women to help on the implementation of the UNSPF at local and national lev [...]
Side Event: Taming the digital
Save the Date! The WMG, ETC, MG on Children and Youth and CSO for FfD are co-hosting a side event during the Un-Science and Technology Forum: "Taming the digital". This side event aims to discuss t [...]
DRR 2019: Stakeholder Forum
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 13-17 May 2019. For more information, access here. [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Opening Panel of the Ministerial Consultation on Accountability and Monitoring for Post-2015 SDG: Sascha Gabizon’s Intervention
We need a combination of giving incentives through providing the right and sufficient Means of Implementation, and peer reviews, similar to the UPRs – the Universal Periodic Reviews -, which is the [...]
UNECE: Accountability and Monitoring for Post-2015 and SDG: Marianne Haslegrave’s Intervention
Important not to overlook existing mechanisms for ensuring accountability Marianne Haslegrave (Commonwealth Medical Trust) spoke on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the UNECE meeting, on accoun [...]
Small Island Developing States: Noelene Nabulivou’s Intervention
What we need now is a clear S.A.M.O.A Pathway implementation plan. Read Noelene Nabulivou's (Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality, Fiji) combined statement released on behalf of Women's M [...]
WMG key contribution to Major Group and other Stakeholders Policy Recommendations to the 3rd UN Global Conference on Small Island Development States (SIDS), Apia, Samoa
We reiterate the vital role of civil society and other stakeholders as development partners with SIDs and all UN Member States and the United Nations in supporting, advancing and implementing globa [...]
Women’s “8 Red Flags” following the conclusion of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Adoption of Outcome a Significant Step but SDGs Still Lacking Real Ambition for Urgent Transformational Change the World Needs to Achieve Gender Equality, Women’s Human Rights, Sustainable Developm [...]