October 20, 2011 at 6pm to October 25, 2011 at 7pm – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia**Official website** Dates 19 October: Major groups capacity building workshop (Addis Ababa) The Rio+20 Secretariat, in partnership with the Stakeholder Forum and ESCAP, is offering a workshop o…Organized by UNCSD | Type: regional, preparatory, meeting
The Women's Major Group (WMG) was created as one of nine Major Groups after the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro. This list serve is for members of the Women Major Group following the Post Rio+20 process (Financing SD, SDGs-post2015) as well as for members of the Women Major Group following Environment processes (UNEP). The Operating Partners (OPs) of the Post Rio+20 process that coordinate the group rotate periodically. The current WMG OPs are Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) supported by a core group including the Women's Environment and Development Organization(WEDO) and Global Forest Coalition (GFC).