HLPF: The Women’s Major Group invites you to join our Strategy Meeting (3:30 pm CET)
You are warmly invited to join our HLPF strategy meeting, 9 July 2017, 3:30-7:30pm CET at Marriott Residence Inn on East 48th st, New York
09.07.2017 |
You are warmly invited to join our HLPF strategy meeting, 9 July 2017, 3:30-7:30pm CET at Marriott Residence Inn on East 48th st.
WMG’s 5 essential areas for action are:
Read WMG's full position paper on HLPF 2017 here.
- Women's Human Rights
- Meaningful Participation
- Civil Socitety Space
- Finance
- Accountability
WMG's 10 key points for the Ministerial Declaration:
Read WMG's full text on the 10 key points here:
- Respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of women and girls
- Protect and engage environmental and women’s human rights defenders
- Address the underlying structures that foster inequalities
- Reform and repeal discriminatory laws and policies
- Create and strengthen gender-responsive public services
- Recognize the links between the environment, women’s rights and gender equality
- Recognize the links between gender equality and financing
- Recognize women’s and girls’ autonomy and decision-making as critical to sustainable development and gender equality
- Collect and use gender- and human rights-responsive data
- Recommit to the universality of the agenda
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