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.
Position Paper for HLPF 2022
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.” ― Arundhati Roy The Women’s Major Group is excited to launch our Position Paper for the 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Gathering the i [...]
WMG @ UNEA statement at Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) Against Plastic Pollution
WMG @ UNEA Statement - Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Thank you, chair. I am going to speak in Spanish no [...]
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 RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
Civil society letter supporting postponement of CSW64
2 March 2020 António Guterres United Nations Secretary General 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA Mher Margaryan Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women Permanent Representative [...]
UN Women’s briefing on the Gender Equality Forum at the Human Rights Council
UN Women’s briefing on the Gender Equality Forum Human Rights Council, 25 February 2020 First of all, I would like to thank UN Women for the invitation – it is really an honour to be here today. I als [...]
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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