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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.
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Save the Date! WMG strategy meeting for HLPF 2018
The Women's Major Group Meeting for the High-level Political Forum 2018 is going to be held in New York, on July 8. Time and venue TBD. [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 15 & 6: Ecosystems/Land and Water/Santation
Friday 6 July, 10:00 AM, NY time. Register here for the SDG15 & SDG6. [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Settlements
Tuesday 3 July, 9:30 AM, NY time. Register here for SDG11. [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption & Production Patterns
Monday 2 July, 11:00 AM, NY time. Register here for SDG12. [...]
Colombia VNR 2018 Parallel Report: SDG 15.2 from a Gender Perspective
"The government should go beyond the simplistic view of ‘women as victims,’ and integrate a more robust take throughout all of the 2030 Agenda implementation". Read the VNR 2018 Shadow Report on t [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Climate Change
Read the Presentation performance by Carmen Caprile (Reacción Climática) on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the 7th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, held at [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management
Read Imogen Ingram's (Island Sustainability Alliance CiS Inc “ISACI”) presentation, held on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the morning session of the 7th open working group on sustainable d [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Disaster Risk Reduction
Read Teresita Vistro's (Asia Pacific Forum on Women,Law & Development -APWLD) power point presentation on behalf of the WMG, presented during the 7th session of the open working group on sustainab [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Women Building Resilience Towards a Responsible Future
Read Gertrude Kenyangi's (Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment, SWAGEN) presentation at the side event on behalf of the Women's Major Group, held during the 7th session of the open working [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Urban Issues
Read Svitlana Slesarenok (Black Sea Women's Club, Ukraine) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustainable devel [...]