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)
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ECERFSD 2019: Ena Peeva’s Intervention on Technology
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CSW 63: Women’s Major Group Side Event on Callenges and Successes
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Press Release: Reflecting on the outcomes of the 4th Meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly
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Women’s Major Group Strategy Meeting during the CSW63
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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 [...]