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.
African Women Major Group Position Paper on SDGs Under Review
In addressing gender inequality in the context of sustainable development, it is important to be inclusive and ensure that no woman or girl is denied access to education, healthcare, employment, hu [...]
FfD 2019: WWG on FfD Strategy Session
The Women's Working Group on Financing for Development (WWG on FfD) is having a strategy session ahead of the FfD Forum to coordinate advocacy efforts, develop content and key advocacy language an [...]
Women’s Major Group 2019 High-Level Political Forum Position Paper: Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”
Realising the transformative vision of the 2030 Agenda requires creating political rather than technical shifts. It requires moving from current failed approaches and towards nonviolent, equitable [...]
APFSD 2019: Shaila Shahid’s Intervention at the Session on Progress in the implementation of SDG 17 on MOI
Without means that match the ends in ambition, the SDGs goals will be 'aspirational' not in the best sense -of something that will inspire all people to act to bring it about, but in the worst sen [...]
Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)
"This year, the APFSD will address the theme “'Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality” and on the cluster of SDGs to be reviewed at the HLPF - in accordance with General Assembly [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Major Groups and Stakeholders call on Ministers at the 1st United Nations Environment Assembly for ambitious outcomes
We are fully committed to making UNEA an historic opportunity for the international community to come and work together to respond with vision and determination to the hopes and aspirations of hu [...]
UN Environment Assembly: Sascha Gabizon’s Intervention
Read Sascha Gabizon's (WECF) combined presentation delivered on behalf of the WMG on priorities for Sustainable Development Goals at WMG side event during the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), held [...]
Pacific Partnerships to Strengthen Gender, Climate Change Response and Sustainable Development
we call for an inter-linkage approach that analyses the political, physical, ecological, economic, and social dimensions of these overlapping challenges through one holistic frame. The bringing tog [...]
Pacific Partnerships to Strengthen Gender, Climate Change Response and Sustainable Development
We remind the Pacific States of their obligations and accountability to translate gender equality and human rights commitments into legislation, policy and budget allocations, and to make these nor [...]
Pacific Partnerships to Advance Gender, Climate Change Response and Sustainable Development
We commend our leaders for the strong positions taken in the Majuro Declaration on Climate Leadership (2013) and urge immediate national implementation. We also reaffirm the existing Pacific State [...]