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.
Collective Appeal (Notice of Objection) against FLOW 2 Procedures by unsuccessful qualifying applicants
“Further to our letter of 12 December 2015 signed by over 100 women’s organisations raising concerns about FLOW 2 outcomes, we hereby lodge a collective appeal against the procedures that led to onl [...]
Aplly for: Civil society speaker for Paris Climate Change Agreement Signing Ceremony
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited all world leaders to a signing ceremony on 22 April for the historic climate agreement that was reached in Paris in December last year. The [...]
Women’s Movement’s Engagement in the SDGs: Lessons Learned from the Women’s Major Group
"The Women's Major Group's role is to assure effective public participation of women's non-government groups in the United Nations (UN) policy processes on Sustainable Development, the post-2015 d [...]
The second Open-Ended Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-2)
Members of the Women’s Major Group presented their key issues on COP21 Paris Agreement at UNEP OECPR 2 meeting in Nairobi. Isis Alvarez (Global Forest Coalition and WMG Organizing Partner) presente [...]
Call for a Feminist UN Secretary General – sign on
The Women's Major Group is launching the call below and would like to invite widespread participation. Please share widely with your networks. Please access the Google Form to add your organization [...]
Women’s Major Group: Perspectives Main Issue 17
Read the new publication on "Perspectives", issue number 17. Lead author: Sascha Gabizon, WECF International. Co-authors: Isis Alvarez and Simone Lovera GFC; Caroline Usikpedo NDWMD; Neth Dano ETC- [...]
Press released Agenda 2030: unpacking gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and the Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan are pleased to present two new publications focused on unpacking gender and sexual and re [...]
CSW60: Multi stakeholders Forum
Members of the Women's Major Group presented their statements at the Multi-stakeholders Forum, in preparation for the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60), organized by the [...]
Women’s Rights organisations express concern about lack of funding priority: Letter sent to Minister Ploumen on 7 Jan 2016
50 national, regional and global women’s rights networks and foundations have sent a letter to the Dutch Minister to express concern about the allocation of scare resources, crippling the global wo [...]
Women’s Stories From the Climate Frontlines
The Asian‐Pacific Resource and Research Centre (ARROW) will launch a series of postcards featuring women’s stories from climate change affected communities in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Maldives [...]