Setting the Global Gender Equality Agenda

Since the dawn of the new century, the role of international institutions and cooperation in efforts to promote gender equality has grown as economies, migration, and environmental conditions have continued intertwining peoples around the world. The Thomson Reuters Foundation recently interviewed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, about efforts to coordinate global efforts to promote women’s rights and security.

Ahead of the upcoming Women Deliver conference set to bring together 5,000 attendees from 150 countries, Mlambo-Ngcuka discussed the challenges of securing long-term investments in gender equality worldwide and the ambitious new agenda set through the new Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The redress of structural inequalities, ongoing gender-based vulnerabilities, and the continued generational and gender outreach work necessary for equality continue to drive new programs in U.N. Women even as the work is met with derision or indifference from global political and business leaders.

Read:
“Head of U.N. Women says irking opponents comes with the battle for equality” (The Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Additional:
UN Women
Women Deliver
Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (U.N.)
“How can the world improve the lives of women and girls by 2030?” (The Thomson Reuters Foundation)

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