Advocacy
The WMG facilitates advocacy by its members, including through an Advocacy List that is made up of non-government and non-UN WMG members. The WMG advocacy incorporates multiple aspects: development of position papers and common messaging; communications via traditional and social media; meetings with delegates and allies; mapping statements and position of Member States; and hosting side events.
The advocacy work aims to represent the diversity of the WMG voices and interests, global/regional/national levels and thematic focus, while also developing common positions and messaging.
The WMG also ensures that advocacy content incorporates all dimensions of sustainable development and those positions are equally represented when meeting in person with delegates or when writing positions.
Press release: 1,200+ Feminist Organisations and Allies Call on Major Powers to Pay Up and Defend the United Nations
PRESS RELEASE 19 February 2026, New York Women’s Major Group and 1,200+ signatories from 123 countries warn that withholding funds sets a dangerous precedent for global democracy and human rights. The [...]
1,200+ Feminist Organisations and Allies call on the United Nations’ Members to ”Pay up now!”
To: United Nations’ Member States 1,200+ Feminist Civil Society Organisations and Allies call on the UN’s Member States to ”Defend multilateralism, democracy and human rights. Pay up now!” Joint state [...]
SDG 5: Intervention by APRCEM, supported by Women’s Major Group
High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, session on SDG 5 Cielito Perez, CWR, Philippines 15 July 2025, New York Thank you, Chair. I deliver this statement on behalf of APRCEM. SDG 5 or [...]
SDG3 – lead discussant intervention by APRCEM, supported by Women’s Major Group
Photo credit: IISD ENB - Kiara Worth APRCEM Lead Discussant in SDG 3 Shobha Shukla, CNS, India Thanks for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Engageme [...]
SDG 5: Lead discussant intervention at HLPF
2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and High-Level Segment of ECOSOC Tuesday 15 July 2025: (CR 4) 10 AM – 1 PM Statement by Lead Discussant - Fer Ghanaa Ansari during the sessio [...]
Opening statement at HLPF 2025
High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development New York, 14 July Session: Unlocking means of implementation: Mobilizing financing and STI for the SDGs My name is Veronica Brown and I deliver [...]
Women’s Major Group Position Paper 2024 High Level Political Forum
Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions Executive Summary As 2024 begins, cou [...]
WMG Highlights from SDG Summit Week 2023
Women’s Major Group Statement on the High-Level Week, 2023 View from the Top: Summits Reveal Abysmal Progress, Gaping Lack of Ambition: The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) w [...]
Women’s Major Group Statement on the High-Level Week, 2023
Women’s Major Group Statement on the High-Level Week, 2023 View from the Top: Summits Reveal Abysmal Progress, Gaping Lack of Ambition The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) wa [...]
Halfway to the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘We Are Still Far From Achieving Them,’ Say Feminists
The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convened this year from July 10-19 to assess progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the halfway point b [...]