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.
ECERFSD 2019: Pavlina Ivanova’s Intervention on Empowering People to Protect the Planet: The Environmental Dimension of SDG 16
We need to work on governmental level and create common rules and limits and measurements for the biophysical and biochemical factors and pollutants dangerous for our nature, our homes and all the [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Valentina Bodrug-Lungu & Anton Martinov’s Intervention on Strengthening Institutions for Change: Fostering Effective and Inclusive Governance for Sustainable Development
Effective governance is an important precondition in order to implement any in-sector reform and to achieve important commitments under the SDGs. SDG 16 should be a key driver and provides a clear [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Alexandra Radevska & Andrea Nakova’s Intervention on Coping with Climate Change: Strengthening Resilience and Adaptation
We urgently need to invest in community supported agriculture, in agro-ecological development, that increases local produced food, increases biodiversity and therefore food security and climate re [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Adriana Spahiu’s Intervention on Acting for Climate: Stepping Up Climate Change Policies, Action and Awareness in the Region
Many people think that climate mitigation should pay itself, via market mechanism. But we know that climate disasters are causing immense costs to vulnerable countries and communities. We heard [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Marianne Haslegrave’s Intervention on How to Measure Progress? Data and statistics for the SDGs
"We must not just focus on quantitative data, we must look at ways of developing qualitative data and other sources as well". Marianne Haslegrave (Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)) spoke on beh [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Statement of Women’s Organizations for Small Island Development States (SIDS)
For small island peoples, the existential threat to our islands and the current pressure from SIDS-specific social, economic and ecological justice concerns means that the upcoming SIDs 3rd global [...]
The role of partnerships in the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Several members of the Women's Major Group were selected to speak during the High-level event of the General Assembly on "The role of partnerships in the implementation of the Post-2015 Development [...]
Global Call to Action Against Poverty “Major Groups & Stakeholders Letter on Post2015 Modalities”
We believe that clear modalities are necessary to support an effective engagement of stakeholders in any intergovernmental process. Hence we propose that the process, cofacilitated by the Missions [...]
Analysis and Key Recommendations on Conflict Prevention, Post-conflict Peace building and Promotion of Durable Peace and Rule of Law and Governance
Peace is the basis for sustainable development. Living in a conflict-free society with enduring peace is a fundamental human right. Just and sustainable peace represents not just the absence of [...]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) designed to eliminate inequalities and poverty
Inequalities are conditions by which marginalized individuals and groups lag behind in the enjoyment of one particular right due to lack of access to other rights such as decent jobs, food, housin [...]