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.
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 [...]
Women’s Major Group Chemicals intervention at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Open Ended CPR, Nairobi
The Women's Major Group participated in the UNEP Open Ended CPR, on 25th of March, preparing for the upcoming first-ever United Nations Environment Assembly (June). The Women MG delegation prepared in [...]
Aizhamal Bakashova presented the joint policy recommendations from all the Women’s organisations at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand
Read Aizhamal Bakashova's presentation at the ESCAP Forum on Sustainable Development Post-2015, 19 May, Pataya, Thailand. Download here. [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Recommendations on Health
Read the Major Group's combined policy statement presented during the 11th session of OWG on SDGs. Download here. [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 16 “Peaceful and Inclusive Societies, Rule of Law and Capable Institutions”
Read Emilia Reyes's (Equidad de Género, Mexico) combined statement presented on behalf of Women Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group on Sustainable Developments Goals held at [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 15 “Means of Implementation”
Read the Third World Network's combined statement presented on behalf of Women Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group on Sustainable Developments Goals held at the UN Headquart [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 6 “Water and Sanitation”
Read Meera Karunananthan's (Council of Canadians) combined statement presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group on Sustainable Developments Goals [...]
11th Session of Open Working Group (11OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Focus Area 1″Poverty Eradication, Building Shared Prosperity and Promoting Equality”
Read Pooja Parvati’s ( Wada Na Todo Abhiyan) combined statement presented on behalf of Women Major Group during the last 11th Session of Open Working Group […] [...]