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.
WMG Member’s HLPF 2021 VNR Alternative Reports
Similar to previous years, the Women’s Major Group’s members throughout the World, have prepared Alternative / Shadow Reports for their countries’ Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The list of HLPF 2 [...]
WMG supports the Global Coalition for permanent end to Global Gag Rule
WMG endorsed the letter of the Global Coalition of over 200 civil society organizations calling for permanent end to Global Gag Rule. “The prospect of reinstatement under future administrations casts [...]
WMG endorses GEF CSAG statement on “Expectations from GEF Paris Forum”
WMG has proudly supported the letter, initiated by the Civil Society Advisory Group to the Generation Equality Forums, that has set out their demands and expectations from the upcoming Generation Equa [...]
WMG Position Paper for HLPF 2021
The Women's Major Group is proud to launch our Position Paper for the 2021 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Gathering the intersectional analyses of feminists worldwide, our position paper reviews s [...]
WMG joins over 1000 CSOs on the letter for the search for next UN Women ED
WMG joined over 1000 civil society organizations in a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, on the selection of the next UN Women Executive Director. "At the outset of the selecti [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
HLPF 2017: Eni Lestari’s QA Response on “Investing in and financing for SDGs”
"Women’s rights and means of implementations are indivisible and nonexchangeable. Both are mandatory to achieve the Agenda 2030 and sustainable development". Eni Lestari (International Migrants Al [...]
HLPF 2017: Women’s Major Group Position Paper
"Solutions by, with and for women as actors in sustainable development must be elevated to guide coherence in addressing multiple SDGs, alongside systemic barriers". Download the Women's Major G [...]
ECE RFSD 2017: Nurgul Dzhanaeva’s Intervention at the Policy Segment Session
"We call for action to strengthen an enabling environment and overcome systemic obstacles for meaningful engagement of civil society and to ensure obligations to rights holders in the SDGs. We den [...]
Why the Women’s Major Group is disappointed with a man as UN SG again
Statement by members of the Women’s Major Group on the appointment of the new Secretary General of the United Nations: The Women’s Major Group of the UN Agenda-2030 process (WMG), has received the [...]
HLPF 2016: WMG’s Brief on Systemic Barriers to Achieving Sustainable Development
"Agenda2030 cannot be achieved unless the systems and structures that impede sustainable and equitable development are dismantled. The HLPF and regional follow-up processes should address at least [...]