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.
New joint brief for Stockholm+50 by WMG, WGC and WMG @ UNEA
Co-drafted by the Women’s Major Group, Women & Gender Constituency and Women’s Major Group @ UNEA, this joint briefer provides information on the upcoming Stockholm+50 High Level Meeting, 2 [...]
Until All of Us Are Free: WMG’s Intersectional Feminist Fishbowl Series & Graphics!
In the months of September - December 2021, the Women's Major Group held an important series “Until All of Us Are Free:" An Intersectional Feminist Fishbowl Series. The series consisted of four monthl [...]
WMG publishes Feminist Analysis of Our Common Agenda
The Women's Major Group is excited to share our feminist analysis of 'Our Common Agenda'. As the world is facing multiple unprecedented crises, how the [...]
WMG members intervene at the STI Forum 2022
WMG members recently intervened at the the 7th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 held from 5 to 6 May 2022. The theme for the ST [...]
WMG at the 66th Commission on the Status of Women
The WMG and our feminist advocacy was present at CSW66, the 66th UN Commission on the Status of Women, which, for the first time in 2 years, took place in person at the UN Headquarters in New York as [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
The CBD Secretariat accepted our participation in the THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK -Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6-8 November 2019 and related [...]
Media advisory: Feminists want system change! (civil society forum, 28 Oct, Geneva)
Feminists want system change! Women and non-binary persons speak out at regional civil society forum on Generation Equality, Geneva. “It’s a unique event, there will be 450 feminists from 48 differe [...]
Reflections on the Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) System
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HLPF 2019: MGoS Report on EGM on Lessons Learned
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Women’s Major Group 2019 High-Level Political Forum Position Paper: Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”
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