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.
WMG statement at OEWG1: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution
WMG statement at OEWG1: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution Statement delivered by Alexandra Caterbow, Co-Director at HEJ [...]
Reflections after HLPF, towards UNGA
Recently, civil society groups have raised concerns about the very real possibilities that the SDGs will not be achieved until 2065, and that gender equality and women’s rights won’t be achieve [...]
Feminist Collective Statement on the Sri Lankan Crisis
(Collective statement by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development and Women’s Major Group) We stand in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, particularly with the grassroots women who are c [...]
WMG statement: Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution
WMG statement: Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution. This statement was delivered by Maria Soledad Mella Vidal, Chilea [...]
WMG Highlights from HLPF 2022!
WMG Highlights from HLPF 2022! HLPF 2022 has been an amazing two weeks with our members and allies in New York and online. The challenges of participation and process were still very much there, furth [...]
HLPF 2022 Alternative VNR Reports by Our Members
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 @ UNEA delivers statement at Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
Giulia Carlini of CIEL, delivers the WMG @ UNEA statement at the Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution, on September 2nd, 2021. The powerful feminist statement is as follows: " [...]