Sustainable urbanization / human settlements
WMG @ UNEA statement at Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) Against Plastic Pollution
WMG @ UNEA Statement - Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) to Prepare for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Thank you, chair. I am going to speak in Spanish no [...]
Draft Short Report from Major Groups and Stakeholders from UNEA5
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 [...]
HLPF 2018: Lillian Cueva’s Review on SDG 11: Cities
Unequal structures, including the current economic model, lead to: climate change and ecological degradation; militarization and conflict; unjust ecosystem, financial, trade and investment gove [...]
HLPF 2018: Cities, Human Settlements, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
Human rights obligations, such as under the Convention on the Elimination of all Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) including its general recommendations, must be met at all levels of governmen [...]
51st Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD 51)
"The 51st session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD 51) will convene under the theme, ‘Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration’." Read more here. Local: Ne [...]
HLPF 2017: Meena Bilgil’s Intervention as Lead Discussant on the Session on SDG5
"Key to transformation is empowerment of small-scale producers including women, youth, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and fishers, who will continue to make up the vast majority of food producer [...]
Habitat III “New Urban Agenda”
The Women's Major will be at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development - Habitat III. "Habitat III is the first United Nations global summit after the adoption of th [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Transport
Read Bright Oywaya's (Association of the Physically Disabled, Kenya) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustain [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group: Analysis and Key Recommendations on Sustainable Cities and Settlements & Sustainable Transport
Read the Women’s Major Group analysis and recommendations for the 7th Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, "Sustainable Cities and Settlements & Sustainable Transport". Download he [...]
7th Session of the Open Working Group (7OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Urban Issues
Read Svitlana Slesarenok (Black Sea Women's Club, Ukraine) combined position paper presented on behalf of the Women's Major Group, during the 7th session of the open working group on sustainable devel [...]