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.
Feminist Advocacy Ends UN Women’s Partnership with BlackRock, Inc
Following feminist collaborative campaigns, UN Women has finally ended its partnership with trillion dollar asset management firm, BlackRock. On 25 May 2022, UN Women announced a partnership with Blac [...]
Reflections after HLPF, towards UNGA
Recently, civil society groups have raised concerns about the very real possibilities that the SDGs will not be achieved until 2065, and that gender equality and women’s rights won’t be achieve [...]
Feminist Collective Statement on the Sri Lankan Crisis
(Collective statement by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development and Women’s Major Group) We stand in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, particularly with the grassroots women who are c [...]
HLPF 2022 Interventions
In this year’s High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF), feminists of Women’s Major Group came together to draft interventions, which we were able to deliver in official thematic [...]
WMG Highlights from HLPF 2022!
WMG Highlights from HLPF 2022! HLPF 2022 has been an amazing two weeks with our members and allies in New York and online. The challenges of participation and process were still very much there, furth [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
WMG HLPF Review Position Paper
We are deeply concerned that even before the COVID-19 crisis, after five years of SDGs implementation, the world is not on track in achieving the goals nor has any country fully achieved gender [...]
WMG Members Lead Dialogue About Care in LAC
Report on the dialogue about care in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Women's Group of the CS Participation Mechanism from Latin American and the Caribbean for Sustainable Development [...]
The Future of Advocacy – New briefer from WMG
Feminist, women's and girl-led movements and organizations are facing intersecting crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened systemic barriers as well as introduced new challenges to advocac [...]
HLPF 2020 Interventions by WMG members
In this year's virtual High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF), feminists of Women's Major Group came together to draft interventions, 12 of which we were able to deliver in offi [...]
Draft Short Report from Major Groups and Stakeholders from UNEA5
Last week, the Women's Major Group had a strong presence at the online consultations with Major Groups and other Stakeholders and the bureau of Member States for UNEA 5. Representing WMG, Isis Alvarez [...]