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.
Analysis and key recommendations: Putting Women and Girls at the Center
A standalone goal on gender equality and women’s human rights must be transformative and truly address the root causes of gender inequalities and the social and cultural norms that lead to violati [...]
Analysis & key recommendations by the Women’s Major Group on Biodiversity
...forests and biodiversity and the policies to protect both must be discussed together and not be separated into two different topics as has been done in the TST Issues Briefs. Read the Women’s M [...]
Comments prepared by the Women’s Major Group on the zero – draft Presented by the OWG co – chairs
Read the Women's Major Group comments on the “Introduction and Proposed Goals and Targets on Sustainable Development for the Post2015 Development Agenda” delivered during the 12th OWG session, hel [...]
6OWG on SDGs: Kafui Afiwa Kuwonu’s Intervention on Africa Issues
Kafui Afiwa Kuwonu (Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) and Femmes, Droit Et Développement en Afrique (FeDDAF) ) presented a combined position paper on behalf of the Women's Major Group [...]
6th Session of Open Working Group (6OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy statement on special country needs of Small Island Development States (SIDS)
The Women’s Major Group asserts that the current global development system plays a major role in exacerbating patriarchal inequalities. The small scale, ecological complexity, and remoteness of mos [...]
6th of the Open Working Group (6OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Global Partnership and Means of Implementation
Read Bhumika Muchhala ( Third World Network -TWN) combined presentation on behalf of the Women Major Group during the 6th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, at the [...]
Statement on Justice
Read the combined Statement presented by the Major Groups of Women, Children and Youth, Indigenous People, NGOs on justice. Download the statement here. [...]
United Nations Environment Assembly of UNEP ( UNEA) and the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum.
The Women's Major Group will have a delegation at the very special event in June 2014: a Global Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law during the first ever meeting of the United Nations Environment A [...]
Toxic chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The UNEP 2012 global chemicals report estimates close to 1 million deaths from harmful chemicals and pesticides each year! […] [...]
Immediate action to stop mercury pollution in ASGM, Minamata Convention on Mercury, Kumamoto, Japan, October 10, 2013
Five women ministers of environment from the South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya spoke at high level event on “Women and Mercury in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) – heal [...]