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.
HLPF 2017: Louisa Eikhomun’s intervention on the VNR Session 9 “Nigeria, Panama and Sweden”
"What strategies are in place to include these groups (locally based organizations, marginalized groups and those in vulnerable situations) in the effective implementation of the SDGs?". Louisa Ei [...]
HLPF 2017: Lucía Berro Pizzarossa’s intervention on VNR 8 “Belarus, Portugal and Uruguay”
"If we continue to lead the regional rankings on gender based violence, if we continue to decouple economic growth and sustainability, if sexual and reproductive rights continue to be an “annex”, [...]
Side Event: Ground Level People’s Forum (GLPF)
Save the date! The Women's Major Group invites you all to attend the side event "Ground Level People’s Forum (GLPF)" organized by CPDE; AP-RCEM; APWLD; BAYAN-USA; Gabriela-USA; ESCR-Net and WEDO. D [...]
PLEASE sign: “PETITION against pro-nuclear energy lobby at UN’s Sustainable Development high level summit”
We are shocked that here at the UN’s summit on Sustainable Development there is a huge exhibition promoting nuclear energy, … which is NOT sustainable. And that just few days after a historic agreem [...]
Press Release: Statement From Women’s Major Group on the High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development Ministerial Document
The Women’s Major Group calls on all Member States to agree on a strong Ministerial Declaration in this High Level Political Forum. This declaration is the foundation for advancing and achieving t [...]
