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“The Women’s Major Group, alongside core partners, is pleased to launch its exhibit highlighting the crucial role of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD’s) in the sustainable development agenda.
For the SDG’s to be implemented, every actor’s voice will help achieve the ambitious and transformative agenda. There is recent progress on commitment to WHRDs at a global level, including the first UN General Assembly resolution on WHRDs in 2013, and subsequent resolutions passed by the UN Human Rights Council and the GA in 2014 and 2015, that specifically reference the important work of WHRDs, and the need for states to take appropriate steps to protect them.”
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