Category Archives: Theme/Women and gender issues

Ministers Highlight Obstacles, Best Practices to Expedite Progress towards Gender Parity, as Women’s Commission Continues Session

16 Mar

Ministers highlighted obstacles and shared best practices to accelerate the race towards gender equality, as the Commission on the Status of Women continued its session today with a general discussion and two ministerial round tables.

Current Progress towards Gender Parity Discouraging, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Commission on Status of Women Ministerial Round Table

16 Mar

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message for the Commission on the Status of Women’s sixty-fifth session (CSW65) Ministerial Round Table on “Getting to parity:  good practices towards achieving women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life”, 15 March:

Targeted Support Can Help Women-Led Businesses Play Key Role in Creating Jobs, Economic Recovery, Deputy Secretary-General Tells ‘Women Rise for All’ Event

16 Mar

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message for the “Women Rise for All” event, hosted by the United Nations Global Compact, today:

Stressing COVID-19 Crisis ‘Has a Woman’s Face’, Secretary-General Urges Action to End Deep Political, Socioeconomic Gender Imbalances, as Women’s Commission Begins Session

15 Mar

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, held today:

Greater Funding of Women’s Organizations, Job Training Key to Stopping Harassment, Abuse, Secretary-General Tells Friends’ Group for Ending Violence against Women

15 Mar

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, today:

Commission on the Status of Women: 1st Meeting (AM & PM)

15 Mar

Note: Owing to the liquidity crisis and the current COVID-19 pandemic impacting our Organization, only a partial summary of today’s meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women is available at this time. The complete summary will be issued later as Press Release WOM/2204.

Deputy Secretary-General Highlights Crucial Intergenerational Leadership, Tells Young African Women Fellows Programme ‘I See Myself in You’

12 Mar

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's video message to the Young African Women Fellows programme, a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the African Union Commission, held today: