The Women?s Rio 2012 steering committee is the coordination and decision making body of the women?s major group for Rio 2012. The steering committee includes international women?s networks working on sustainable development issues;

• ENERGIA International Network on Gender on Sustainable Energy
• IUCN Gender Department
• GFC Global Forest Coalition
• VAM Voices of African Mothers
• WEDO Women Environment Development Organisation
• WECF Women in Europe for a Common Future
• WOCAN Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and NRM
• Earth Day Networks, Earth Care Africa, Eco-Forum Kazakhstan, UNISON Kyrgyzstan, Commonweal, Black Sea Women Club, as well as many other regional and national women and sustainable development organisations.

GLOBAL ACTION FOR WOMEN TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 24.1. The international community has endorsed several plans of action and conventions for the full, equal and beneficial integration of women in all development activities, in particular the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1/ which emphasize women's participation in national and international ecosystem management and control of environment degradation. Several conventions, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex) and conventions of ILO and UNESCO have also been adopted to end gender-based discrimination and ensure women access to land and other resources, education and safe and equal employment. Also relevant are the 1990 World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and the Plan of Action for implementing the Declaration (A/45/625, annex). Effective implementation of these programmes will depend on the active involvement of women in economic and political decision-making and will be critical to the successful implementation of Agenda 21.

Participation of Major Groups
Women's Amendments to the Zero Draft


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• 28 Jun 2012 - Final statement on Rio+20 by Women's Major Group (by: Women)
• 29 May 2012 - On Food Security, Water and Energy - Women' intervention at Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 2 May 2012 - Intervention on women farmers and the right to sexual and reproductive health (by: Women)
• 2 May 2012 - Women present priorities to the Bureau of the Rio+20 conference (by: Women)
• 2 May 2012 - Apply for Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award - Before May 17th 2012 (by: Women)
• 26 Apr 2012 - Call to Keep a Target on Women Leadership in Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 19 Mar 2012 - 100 Days until Rio+20! Women's priorities for a sustainable and equitable world! (by: Women)
• 10 Feb 2012 - French version of the Women's positions for Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 27 Jan 2012 - Great interest for position of women on zero draft (by: Women)
• 15 Dec 2011 - Women's intervention acclaimed by many (by: Women)
• 3 Nov 2011 - Global Women's Submission for the Rio+20 zero-draft document (by: Women)
• 24 Oct 2011 - Arab Women Statement on Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 24 Oct 2011 - Africa Women?s Major Group Statement on Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 24 Oct 2011 - 31 leading Asian women's organisations sign the Asian Women's Statement on Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 20 Oct 2011 - Rio+20: French Women Contact Group for Gender and Sustainable Development (by: Women)
• 20 Oct 2011 - Latin American and Caribbean Women's Statement on Rio+20 (by: Women)
• 20 Oct 2011 - Women Major Group preparing submission on Rio+20 to UN (by: Women)
• 20 Oct 2011 - Women statement at UNEP global consultation on Rio+20 in Bonn, 1-2 September 2011 (by: Women)
• 14 Mar 2011 - Green Economy - Inclusive and Equitable: position paper by Women (by: Women)

• 15th June: Women’s Resistance and Resilience - Women’s Major Group Rio+20 Side Event at Rio Centro (by: Women)
  15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012 , Rio Centro
• Women Rio+20 Good Practice Award ceremony in Rio de Janeiro (by: Women)
  14 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012 , Rio de Janeiro, Rio Centro
• 13th of June: Protecting women’s health and future generations from harmful environmental impacts - Women’s Major Group Rio+20 Side Event (by: Women)
  13 Jun 2012 - 13 Jun 2012 , Barra Arena
• Women daily caucus meeting at the informal informals (by: Women)
  26 Apr 2012 - 4 May 2012 , un New York
• Senegal: Women's perspectives on Rio+20 (by: Women)
  29 Mar 2012 - 30 Mar 2012 , dakar, senegal
• Women Rio+20 meeting in CHAD (by: Women)
  27 Mar 2012 - 27 Mar 2012 , N'Djamena, CHAD
• Side Event 27 March: Women's critical perspectives on the Green Economy (by: Women)
  27 Mar 2012 - 27 Mar 2012 , UN New York
• Gender Dimension of Sustainable Development Goals and post 2015 Development Agenda (by: Women)
  21 Mar 2012 - 21 Mar 2012 , Conference room 7, United Nations, New York
• Side Event 15th Dec: UNWomen and Women's Major Group (by: Women)
  15 Dec 2011 - 15 Dec 2011 , Conference room E, United Nations, New York
• Side Event Geneva: from 'Brown' Economy to 'Care' Economy (by: Women)
  2 Dec 2011 - 2 Dec 2011 , UN Palais, Geneva, Conference Room XVIII
• Women Ministers and Leaders meeting (closed) (by: Women)
  8 Mar 2011 - 8 Mar 2011 , Nigeria Mission to the United Nations, Nigeria House, 838 2nd Ave (and 44st E), NY
• From Local to Rio: Linking Women's Low-Carbon Initiatives with Sustainable Development Policy (by: Women)
  2 Mar 2011 - 2 Mar 2011 , New York