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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.

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WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS

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17Nov. 2020

The Future of Advocacy – New briefer from WMG

November 17th, 2020|Advocacy, Capacity building / advocacy / empowerment / leadership, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education & learning, Gender-based violence, Organising and movement building, Publications, Uncategorized|

  Feminist, women's and girl-led movements and organizations are facing intersecting crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened systemic barriers as well as introduced new challenges to advocac [...]

16Jun. 2020

Draft Short Report from Major Groups and Stakeholders from UNEA5

June 16th, 2020|Advocacy, Climate change, Climate Justice, Desertification & Disaster Risk Reduction, Energy, Environment (UNEP – UNEA), Events, Food security / sovereignty & Nutrition, Forests & Biodiversity, Issues, Land rights / tenure, Land, environment & climate justice, News, Oceans, seas, marine, fisheries, On Environment and UNEP, Policy Statements on Environment & UNEP, Positions UNEP/Env., Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable consumption & production, Sustainable urbanization / human settlements, Water and Sanitation|

Last week, the Women's Major Group had a strong presence at the online consultations with Major Groups and other Stakeholders and the bureau of Member States for UNEA 5. Representing WMG, Isis Alvarez [...]

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