Contributing to the 2016 High-level Political Forum’s theme of ‘leaving no one behind’, the Women’s Major Group released the first in a set of policy briefs. It argues that Agenda2030 cannot be achieved unless the systems and structures that impede sustainable and equitable development are dismantled. The brief advocates that the HLPF and regional follow-up processes should address at least one key barrier to achieving sustainable development annually. Member states should include systemic barriers in their country reports, which includes: (1) land and resource distribution, (2) trade and investment agreement, (3) militarism and conflict, (4) corporate influences and (5) patriarchy and fundamentalism.