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The Women’s Major Group was created as a result of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro which recognized women as one of the nine major groups of society whose participation in decision-making is essential for achieving sustainable development.

The role of the Women’s Major Group is to assure effective public participation of women's non-governmental groups in the UN policy processes on sustainable development.

The Women’s Major Group contributes to the intergovernmental processes on Sustainable Development Goals and its link to the Post 2015 Development Agenda, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and other outcomes of the RIO processes.

The Women’s Major Group is an open-ended group of organisations which work on women’s rights, sustainable development and environment themes. There are over 400 list serve members of the Women’s Major Group who are organisations and individuals from every region of the world, who work on gender, sustainable development and environment.

The coordination for the UN Sustainable Development process is assured by two organising partners - Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) - and two core group members - Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and Global Forest Coalition (GFC).

The coordination for the UN Environment program, is facilitated by - WECF International, Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Soroptomists Kenya, Niger Delta Women's Movement for Peace and Development, with support of focal points o.a. Earth Care Africa and Asian Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development.

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Shannon Kowalski of IWHC delivers intervention on behalf of the Women's Major Group at the Open Working Group meetings in April 2013.
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Update from Women's Major Group Representatives at the Asia-Pacific RIM Meeting, 22-24 April 2013, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand

ABOUT MEETINGThe Asia and Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes will meet from 22-24 April 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand, and is being convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The RIM is expected to discuss regional perspectives on global processes resulting from Rio+20, such as the establishment of a High Level Political Forum to replace the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), and the development of sustainable…See More
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At 8:15pm on March 15, 2012, Blanca Peña said…

Hi there! In case you need it, I would be glad to help translating from english to spanish and maybe catalan, those documents that you consider important for the website :) 

I'll be glad to help. 

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Update from Women's Major Group Representatives at the Asia-Pacific RIM Meeting, 22-24 April 2013, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand

Posted on April 23, 2013 at 10:30am 0 Comments

ABOUT MEETING
The Asia and Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes will meet from 22-24 April 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand, and is being convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The RIM is expected to discuss regional perspectives on global processes resulting from Rio+20, such as the establishment of a High Level Political Forum to replace the Commission on…
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WMG at Open Working Group Meeting: Poverty eradication & the SDGs

Posted on April 19, 2013 at 3:30pm 0 Comments

Thank you, my name is Shannon Kowalski from the International Women's Health Coalition and I am speaking on behalf of the Women’s Major Group.

We would like to reinforce the comments from many member states, which have emphasized the centrality of human rights for the SDGs.  Poverty is a consequence…

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Women’s Major Group Intervention at the 2nd Meeting of the Open Working Group of the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on April 19, 2013 at 10:15am 1 Comment

New York, April 18th, 2013

Presented by Mette Kirstine Schmidt of Sexogsamfund Denmark 

Thank you, I speak on behalf of the women’s major group, with over 400 organisations and thousands of individuals globally.

The Women’s Major Group has developed a discussion Paper on Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development…

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Commission on Sustainable Development: No CSD20 in May2013

Posted on April 3, 2013 at 12:35pm 0 Comments

NEW YORK (April 2, 2013)-- The CSD20 (Commission on Sustainable Development 20th and last session) WILL NOT TAKE PLACE IN MAY in New York as first planned. The new dates have not yes been set, yet. We will be informed. The new date will be posted at http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1211 when available.

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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).




 

 

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