The Women's Major Group presents its analysis and response to the United Nations Secretary-General's Report “The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming all Lives and Protecting the Planet”. Gender equality and women and girls' human rights and empowerment have been highlighted as a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development throughout the post-2015 process. The Women's Major Group calls for continued strong and global support for gender equality, the full realization of all women's and girls' human rights and empowerment to be a stand-alone goal and addressed as a crosscutting issue.