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.
Benin VNR 2018 Parallel Report: SDG 15.2 from a Gender Perspective
"The reduction inequalities will contribute to an improvement in the rights of women, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and local communities to education, training and health". Read [...]
Armenia VNR 2018 Parallel Report: SDG 15.2 from a Women’s Perspective
"Not only should women’s interest in renewable energy be supported, but they should also have access to potential jobs in this new field. If women are early adopters of new technologies, they sh [...]
Paraguay VNR 2018 Parallel Report: SDG 15.2 from the Prespective of Women
"I learned that the future of the world is in our hands, in the hands of poor women. If it were up to them, we could write it off, but we are going to keep fighting". Read the VNR 2018 Shadow Re [...]
Missed the WMG webinars for the High-level Political Forum 2018? Find them below with the accompanying presentations:
All you need to know about the HLPF 2018: access the recording here and download the presentation here. SDG 7 – Energy: access the recording here and download the presentations from Daksha Vaja's [...]
WMG Webinar on SDG 7: Energy
Friday 29 June, 11:00 AM, NY time. Register here for SDG7. [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Urban Issues
Read Pooja Parvati's (Wada Na Todo Abhiyan) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustainable development goals he [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Poverty Eradication
Read Katia Araujo's (Huairou Commission) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustainable development goals held [...]
6th Session of Open Working Group (6OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Means of Implementation and Global Partnership
Read Bhumika Muchhala ( Third World Network -TWN) combined statement, presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, [...]
6th Session of Open Working Group (6OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Means of Implementation
Read Nebila Abdulmelik's (FEMNET) combined paper, presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the 6th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, held at the UN Headq [...]
6th Session of Open Working Group (6OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Sascha’s Intervention at Side Event on Corporate Reporting
Read Sascha Gabizon's (WECF International & OP Women’s Major Group) statement presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 6th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Develo [...]