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 response to the Letter from the UNEA President on the Ministerial Declaration
Women's Major Group developed a response to the Letter from the UN Environment Assembly President on the Ministerial Declaration, which was sent on April 24. You may find our complete response letter [...]
WMG Members Launch Global Advocacy Toolkit: “Young feminists want system change”
A WMG member organization and previous OP, WECF, Women Engaged for a Common Future, has launched a global advocacy toolkit for the Beijing +25 process and beyond. The resource is entitled "Young Femin [...]
WMG Joins Human Rights Sign-on Letter in Opposition to the US’ Commission on Unalienable Rights
The WMG recently joined the following sign on letter; see attached PDF for full letter and signatories. May 1, 2020 Commission on Unalienable Rights United States Department of State 2201 C Street NW [...]
Civil Society FfD Group’s Final Letter to the President of ECOSOC
CS FfD Group - FfD Response to COVID - 31 March 2020 [...]
Civil society letter supporting postponement of CSW64
2 March 2020 António Guterres United Nations Secretary General 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA Mher Margaryan Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women Permanent Representative [...]
UN Women’s briefing on the Gender Equality Forum at the Human Rights Council
UN Women’s briefing on the Gender Equality Forum Human Rights Council, 25 February 2020 First of all, I would like to thank UN Women for the invitation – it is really an honour to be here today. I als [...]
THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
The CBD Secretariat accepted our participation in the THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK -Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6-8 November 2019 and related [...]
Media advisory: Feminists want system change! (civil society forum, 28 Oct, Geneva)
Feminists want system change! Women and non-binary persons speak out at regional civil society forum on Generation Equality, Geneva. “It’s a unique event, there will be 450 feminists from 48 differe [...]
Reflections on the Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) System
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HLPF 2019: MGoS Report on EGM on Lessons Learned
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