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.
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 2025
Only five years remain to fulfil the promises of the 2030 Agenda—but instead of accelerating progress, we are witnessing an alarming rollback. Governments, corporations, and anti-rights actors are not [...]
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 [...]
The Women’s Major Group urgently calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and liberation for Palestine
We are horrified and outraged by the incessant bloodshed and the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza, Rafah, and the West Bank carried out by the Israeli settler colonial state and the larger [...]
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 [...]
WMG RESOURCES & POLICY STATEMENTS
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 HLPF 2023!
In solidarity with feminists, in all their diversity, who were missing in this conversation. WMG Highlights from HLPF 2023! HLPF 2023 has been an amazing two weeks with our members and allies in New Y [...]
HLPF 2023 Alternative VNR Reports by our Members
Similar to previous years, the Women’s Major Group’s members throughout the World, have prepared Alternative / Shadow Reports for their countries’ Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The list of HLPF 2 [...]
WMG 2023 HLPF Position Paper
The Women’s Major Group is excited to launch our Position Paper for the 2023 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Gathering the intersectional analyses of feminists and gender equality activists worldwi [...]
Closing Statement of the Women’s Major Group for OEWG1.2. : Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution
Women’s Major Group Closing Statement - OEWG1.2. : Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution. Statement delivered on 3 February [...]