ABOUT US
The Women’s Major Group was created at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where governments recognized Women as one of the nine important groups in society for achieving sustainable development. The WMG is an official participant in the United Nations processes on Sustainable Development. Other processes use the major group or similar systems, with the WMG active in the processes of the United Nations Environment Program since 1996.
WMG Endorses HRC 51 Joint Civil Society Statement on Abortion
This year, the HRC 51 Joint Civil Society Statement on Abortion gathered the signatures of 425 organizations and 459 individuals, including that of the Women's Major Group. Together, we sent a strong [...]
WMG statement at OEWG1: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution
WMG statement at OEWG1: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution Statement delivered by Alexandra Caterbow, Co-Director at HEJ [...]
Corporate Capture Vs. Systems Change: Identifying a Feminist Way Forward at the Global People’s Assembly
Seven years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals - almost halfway to the 2030 deadline - the visionary promise of social justice and a rights-based, equitable and ecologically just [...]
Feminist Advocacy Ends UN Women’s Partnership with BlackRock, Inc
Following feminist collaborative campaigns, UN Women has finally ended its partnership with trillion dollar asset management firm, BlackRock. On 25 May 2022, UN Women announced a partnership with Blac [...]
Reflections after HLPF, towards UNGA
Recently, civil society groups have raised concerns about the very real possibilities that the SDGs will not be achieved until 2065, and that gender equality and women’s rights won’t be achieve [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
WMG @ UNEA delivers statement at Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
Giulia Carlini of CIEL, delivers the WMG @ UNEA statement at the Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution, on September 2nd, 2021. The powerful feminist statement is as follows: " [...]
WMG Position Paper for HLPF 2021
The Women's Major Group is proud to launch our Position Paper for the 2021 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Gathering the intersectional analyses of feminists worldwide, our position paper reviews s [...]
WMG SDGs & UN Human Rights Mechanisms from the Feminist Perspective Webinar and Infographic Series
As the WMG, we created the series “SDGs & UN Human Rights mechanisms from a feminist perspective” to: highlight the interplay between Agenda 2030 and the human rights (HR) mechanisms of the United [...]
WMG @ UNEA delivers powerful statement at Leadership Dialogue of UNEA 5.1.
Carmen Capriles, on behalf of the members of the WMG @ UNEA, has delivered a powerful statement during the Leaders Dialogue of UNEA 5.1. on 23 February 2021. WMG @ UNEA focused on rights-holders prior [...]
WMG HLPF Review Position Paper
We are deeply concerned that even before the COVID-19 crisis, after five years of SDGs implementation, the world is not on track in achieving the goals nor has any country fully achieved gender [...]