Following the G7 summit, member states must break their silence and strongly advocate for women’s rights and gender equality at the United Nations General Assembly. Starting September 8, the member states of the United Nations (UN) will meet in New York for the 81st session of the General Assembly. This annual gathering, which allows member […]
This Communiqué is addressed to G7 leaders, Ministers, and policy makers. It builds on and consolidates the Women 7’s (W7) Communiqués from the past seven years and includes updates from activists around the world.
Ahead of the 2026 G7 Summit, Women 7 released a position paper titled: “French G7 Presidency : Defending and promoting gender equality in a difficult context”. On January 1, 2026, France officially took on the presidency of the G7, following Canada, with the main ambition of addressing “global imbalances”. This presidency is taking place in […]
The W7 calls on France and its allies in advancing gender equality to strengthen their leadership by adopting ambitious financial commitments, more equitable, transparent, and sustainable funding policies, placing formal and informal feminist organizations at the center of their strategies, and by ensuring direct, flexible, and sustainable access to resources that can be adapted to […]
This note highlights the need to address these issues jointly, in order to contribute to fairer, more inclusive and effective G7 climate commitments, consistent with existing international frameworks and the principles of gender equality and intersectionality by influencing the G7 position.
Safe digital spaces for women and activists, and for democracies The Role of the G7 in 2026, under the French Presidency In its Declaration, the W7 identifies the backlash as a major factor contributing to global imbalance, which must be addressed as such by the French G7 presidency. Masculinism is both a product of and a […]
As the G7 Leaders Summit comes to an end in Kananaskis, Alberta, the Women’s 7 (W7) is disappointed with the lack of progress on key priorities identified in its Communique. The world needed the G7 to stand up in defense of rights, democracy and peace. Instead G7 leaders demonstrated little vision or ambition to tackle urgent crises.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 Women 7 (W7) Urge Action on Rights, Climate, and Gender Justice Ahead of G7 Summit in Kananaskis. Ottawa, ON – Just days ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, the Women 7 (W7), the official G7 engagement group representing feminist civil society worldwide, has issued an […]
W7 Releases 2025 Communique Ahead of G7 Summit: Urges Gender-Just Economic Action and Global Accountability
