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.
Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: Zenabou Segda’s Statement on the Outcome Document
Zenabou Segda (Women Environmental Programme Burkina) delivered her statement on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the Post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations on the outcome document, held [...]
Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: Kafui Kuwonu’s Intervention on the Outcome Document
"We appreciate the recognition that gender equality is a cross-cutting issue and the reference to achieving gender equality in the opening paragraphs of the preamble, as well as the inclusion of t [...]
Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations: Esperanza Delgado’s Intervention on the Outcome Document
"If we want to keep the high level of ambitious in our new endavour; we will need to remain committed to gender equality and women´s rights in the coming 15 years, and more to come". Esperanza Delg [...]
Women’s Major Group Final Document on Climate Justice: The WMG Welcomes the Stand-alone Climate Change Goal
"Sustainable development is not possible without substantively and comprehensively addressing climate change, biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, gender equality, human rights, and poverty eradica [...]
Women’s Groups Alarmed by Financing for Development Plans Call on Governments to Adopt Strong Political Declaration Rooted in Human Rights
"The Women’s Major Group, representing more than 600 women’s groups from over 100 countries, is deeply disappointed with the outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Developme [...]
HLPF 2015: Vanesa Treers’s Intervention on the Challenge of Reviewing Implementation
"How do the panelists see that beneficial methodologies and tools such as gender budgeting can best be incorporated into the HLPF to strengthen monitoring and review of implementation"? Vanesa Tre [...]
HLPF 2015: Valentina Bodrug-Lungu’s Intervention
“How and when will you, when you come home to your countries, convene civil society, and all stakeholders and rights-holders, to initiate the process of transformation towards the SDGs?” Valentina [...]
HLPF 2015: Jessica George’s Intervention on Statistical Indicators
"What role do you see the HLPF playing in relation to the Statistical Commission and ongoing processes to define global, regional and national indicators?" Jessica George (Women's Environment and [...]
HLPF 2015: Malyn Ando’s Intervention on Reaching out to the World
"In communicating the post-2015development agenda, the 'what' and ‘why’ are as important as the 'how'. If the ‘what’ and ‘why’ do not reflect people's aspirations for development justice, the ‘how [...]
HLPF 2015: Kehkashan Basu’s Intervention
"We are all talking about a transformative agenda but how will you ensure that inclusivity of civil society and women as agents of this transformation will be the foundation of enacting the SDGs?" [...]