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.
Women’s Major Group Statement on the High-Level Week, 2023
Women’s Major Group Statement on the High-Level Week, 2023 View from the Top: Summits Reveal Abysmal Progress, Gaping Lack of Ambition The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) wa [...]
WMG Events around the 2023 SDG Summit
SDG Action Weekend | 16-17 Sept | UN Headquarters, New York The UN will be convening an SDG Act [...]
Halfway to the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘We Are Still Far From Achieving Them,’ Say Feminists
The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convened this year from July 10-19 to assess progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the halfway point b [...]
WMG Highlights from HLPF 2023!
In solidarity with feminists, in all their diversity, who were missing in this conversation. WMG Highlights from HLPF 2023! HLPF 2023 has been an amazing two weeks with our members and allies in New Y [...]
HLPF 2023 Interventions by WMG Members
In this year’s High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF), feminists of Women’s Major Group came together to draft interventions, which we were able to deliver in official thematic [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Written statement of the Women’s Major Group for OEWG1.2. : Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution
Written Statement of the Women's Major Group for OEWG1.2. : Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution. GENERAL VIEWS We believe [...]
WMG Endorses HRC 51 Joint Civil Society Statement on Abortion
This year, the HRC 51 Joint Civil Society Statement on Abortion gathered the signatures of 425 organizations and 459 individuals, including that of the Women's Major Group. Together, we sent a strong [...]
WMG statement at OEWG1: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution
WMG statement at OEWG1: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution Statement delivered by Alexandra Caterbow, Co-Director at HEJ [...]
Reflections after HLPF, towards UNGA
Recently, civil society groups have raised concerns about the very real possibilities that the SDGs will not be achieved until 2065, and that gender equality and women’s rights won’t be achieve [...]
Feminist Collective Statement on the Sri Lankan Crisis
(Collective statement by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development and Women’s Major Group) We stand in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, particularly with the grassroots women who are c [...]