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.
48th Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies
The 48th sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the UNFCCC are expected to take place from 30 April – 10 May 2018, at the World Conference Center Bonn, located in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [...]
Position Paper, 2018 High Level Political Forum: Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies
"The complexity of women's lives and realities is reflected in the intersectional nature of the sustainable development goals. While 8 of the 17 goals explicitly integrate commitments to women and [...]
ESCWA Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2018
"The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development will take place from 24-26 April 2018, in Lebano". For the SDG Knowledge Hub summary of the [...]
ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up (FfD Forum)
"The 2018 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up (FfD Forum) will be held in New York from 23 to 26 April 2018. The four-day event will feature a Special High-level Meeting with the Br [...]
Peoples’ Forum Statement for Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2018
"We are more than 200 CSOs representing various groups, constituencies and concerns bound together by the commitment to strengthen the inter-linkages among rights, development and sustainability and [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
3rd Session of Open Working Group (3OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Food Sovereignty
Read Norma Maldonado's (Tierra Verde (Green Earth), Guatemala) combined paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the third session of the open working group on sustainable developm [...]
3rd Session of Open Working Group (3OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Land Degradation, Desertification and Drought
Read Simone Lovera's (Global Forest Coalition) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the third session of the open working group on sustainable development goa [...]
Africa Issues Publication: “The Africa we Want”
"The Africa we Want" is a publication resulting from consultations, strategy meetings and participation of African Women's organisations coordinated by FEMNET, including in the activities of the Women [...]
Policy Recommendations by the Women’s Major Group on global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post2015 Development Agenda
The Women’s Major Group has a Southern-lead team of authors which have drafted a discussion paper with a women’s perspective on Sustainable Development Goals – a key outcome of th [...]
Follow Up of Rio+20: Regional Implementation Meeting – Asia Pacific
Read Teresita Vistro's (Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development) position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the UNESCAP RIM, Bangkok, 22 April 2013. Download here.   [...]