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 Climate Week: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
If you are currently participating in the African Climate Week holding in Accra Ghana and you are interested in knowing about the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Processes and how CSOs and other stakehold [...]
ECERFSD 2019: Ena Peeva’s Intervention on Technology
"The benefits and risks of technology for sustainable developments are here, we are all responsible to work together in ensuring that these do not represent only trigger for profit rise and bring [...]
CSW 63: Women’s Major Group Side Event on Callenges and Successes
Join us at our side event during the CSW 63 Meeting Local: Church Center, 2nd Floor Time: 2:30 pm Date: 19th March 2019 [...]
Press Release: Reflecting on the outcomes of the 4th Meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly
Feminists at UNEA-4 Continue the Call for the Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment Read the Women's Major Group Press release reflecting on the outcomes of the 4th Meeting of UNEA, held [...]
Women’s Major Group Strategy Meeting during the CSW63
New to the WMG? Come learn more about the Women's Major Group! We will introduce our history and governance and the work we are doing to ensure gender equality and human rights in the SDGs. We wil [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
6th of the Open Working Group (6OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Global Partnership and Means of Implementation
Read Bhumika Muchhala ( Third World Network -TWN) combined presentation on behalf of the Women Major Group during the 6th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, at the [...]
Statement on Justice
Read the combined Statement presented by the Major Groups of Women, Children and Youth, Indigenous People, NGOs on justice. Download the statement here. [...]
United Nations Environment Assembly of UNEP ( UNEA) and the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum.
The Women's Major Group will have a delegation at the very special event in June 2014: a Global Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law during the first ever meeting of the United Nations Environment A [...]
Toxic chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The UNEP 2012 global chemicals report estimates close to 1 million deaths from harmful chemicals and pesticides each year! […] [...]
Immediate action to stop mercury pollution in ASGM, Minamata Convention on Mercury, Kumamoto, Japan, October 10, 2013
Five women ministers of environment from the South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya spoke at high level event on “Women and Mercury in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) – heal [...]