Women’s Major Group Intervention at the 2nd Meeting of the Open Working Group of the Sustainable Development Goals
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 agenda, from which I want to highlight a few key points relevant to these discussions: 1. Gender equality and women’s rights should be an explicit priority addressed throughout the framework …
