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.
Solidarity Strike for Climate at CSW63
We are calling on all feminists and activists at CSW63 in New York who are concerned about our urgent climate crisis to walk out of the UN and other spaces they are in on Friday, March 15 at 11:00 [...]
UNEA 4: Damaris Uja’s delivered Combined Statement of Major Groups Women, Workers and Trade Unions
Watch Damaris Uja's (WEP) combined intervention on behalf of the Women, Workers and Trade Unions Major Groups, delivered at the 4th Meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly, held in Nairo [...]
UNEA 4: Intervention by Isis Alvarez (Global Forest Coalition)
Watch Isis Alvarez's (Global Forest Coalition) combined intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 4th Meeting of UNEA, held in Nairobi, March 2019. Access here. [...]
UNEA 4: Khawla Almuhanedi’s Intervention on the Combined Statement of the Major Groups and Stakeholders
Watch Khawla Almuhanedi's (Environment Friend Society, Bahrain, NGO Major Group) combined intervention on behalf of the Major Groups and Stakeholders, delivered at the fourth session of the United [...]
UNEA 4: WMG Side Event on Why is Gender Important in Envoronmental Governance?
Join the WMG at the side event on Understanding UNEA 4 resolution to promote gender equality, and the human rights and empowerment of women and girls in environmental governance: the 1st gender [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Women’s Major Group Chemicals intervention at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Open Ended CPR, Nairobi
The Women's Major Group participated in the UNEP Open Ended CPR, on 25th of March, preparing for the upcoming first-ever United Nations Environment Assembly (June). The Women MG delegation prepared in [...]
Aizhamal Bakashova presented the joint policy recommendations from all the Women’s organisations at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand
Read Aizhamal Bakashova's presentation at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand. Download here. [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Recommendations on Health
Read the Major Group's combined policy statement presented during the 11th session of OWG on SDGs. Download here. [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 15 “Means of Implementation”
Read the Third World Network's combined statement presented on behalf of Women Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group on Sustainable Developments Goals held at the UN Headquart [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 6 “Water and Sanitation”
Read Meera Karunananthan's (Council of Canadians) combined statement presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group on Sustainable Developments Goals [...]