Policy Statements
Policy statement developed by Women’s Major Group members present policy priorities from a women’s rights and gender quality perspective on all thematic areas relating to Sustainable Development, Post2030 and Environmental matters.
12th Session of the Open Working Group on SDG, Goal 5 – Gender: Emilia Reyes’s Intervention
we caution against the use of a qualifier such as “in accordance with the program of Action of the ICPD” in a target on universal access to sexual and reproductive health. The new development frame [...]
Co-Chair’s meeting: Protect and Restore Terrestrial Ecosystems and halt all Biodiversity Loss
We would like to see much more close linkages to poverty goal. This is because healthy ecosystems are the basis for people’s lives, particularly those living in poverty, providing essential goods a [...]
Open Letter to the Co-chairs and Member States from Major Groups and Stakeholders
We call into mind the compromise that co-chairs had made, to have ‘informal informals’ in the week preceding the open working group meeting. We, therefore, object that the informals were resumed du [...]
Feminist Declaration Post 2015
We demand a paradigm transformation from the current development neoliberal economic model, which prioritizes profit over people, and exacerbates inequalities, war and conflict, militarism, patriar [...]
Statement of the Commission on the Status of the Women (CSW 58)
we call on our governments to deliver an outcome document that will reflect rights, development, empowerment and future aspirations of women and girls Read the combined Statement for CSW58 delivere [...]
Statement of Women’s Organizations for Small Island Development States (SIDS)
For small island peoples, the existential threat to our islands and the current pressure from SIDS-specific social, economic and ecological justice concerns means that the upcoming SIDs 3rd global [...]
The role of partnerships in the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Several members of the Women's Major Group were selected to speak during the High-level event of the General Assembly on "The role of partnerships in the implementation of the Post-2015 Development [...]
Global Call to Action Against Poverty “Major Groups & Stakeholders Letter on Post2015 Modalities”
We believe that clear modalities are necessary to support an effective engagement of stakeholders in any intergovernmental process. Hence we propose that the process, cofacilitated by the Missions [...]
Analysis and Key Recommendations on Conflict Prevention, Post-conflict Peace building and Promotion of Durable Peace and Rule of Law and Governance
Peace is the basis for sustainable development. Living in a conflict-free society with enduring peace is a fundamental human right. Just and sustainable peace represents not just the absence of [...]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) designed to eliminate inequalities and poverty
Inequalities are conditions by which marginalized individuals and groups lag behind in the enjoyment of one particular right due to lack of access to other rights such as decent jobs, food, housin [...]