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 publishes Feminist Analysis of Our Common Agenda
The Women's Major Group is excited to share our feminist analysis of 'Our Common Agenda'. As the world is facing multiple unprecedented crises, how the [...]
WMG members intervene at the STI Forum 2022
WMG members recently intervened at the the 7th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 held from 5 to 6 May 2022. The theme for the ST [...]
WMG at the 66th Commission on the Status of Women
The WMG and our feminist advocacy was present at CSW66, the 66th UN Commission on the Status of Women, which, for the first time in 2 years, took place in person at the UN Headquarters in New York as [...]
MGOS Coordination Mechanism in Support for Ukraine on the occasion of the Russian Invasion!
Statement by the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders in Support for Ukraine on the occasion of the Russian Invasion On February 24th, Russian troops entered the territory of sovereign Ukraine and laun [...]
WMG at the 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
The 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum took place in a hybrid format on the 2nd of February on “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2 [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
UN Women’s briefing on the Gender Equality Forum at the Human Rights Council
UN Women’s briefing on the Gender Equality Forum Human Rights Council, 25 February 2020 First of all, I would like to thank UN Women for the invitation – it is really an honour to be here today. I als [...]
THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
The CBD Secretariat accepted our participation in the THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK -Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6-8 November 2019 and related [...]
Media advisory: Feminists want system change! (civil society forum, 28 Oct, Geneva)
Feminists want system change! Women and non-binary persons speak out at regional civil society forum on Generation Equality, Geneva. “It’s a unique event, there will be 450 feminists from 48 differe [...]
Reflections on the Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) System
“Women are often not even let in the door. The Major Group structure provides a guaranteed slot in the door. It's never enough, it's always very thin, but it's that guardianship that gives us t [...]
HLPF 2019: MGoS Report on EGM on Lessons Learned
Read the MGoS report for the Debrief from the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on lessons learned from the first cycle of the High-level Political Forum, held in New York, from 6-7 May 2019. Download the [...]