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UN secretary-general urges renewed global action for gender equality and announces UN pledge
Summary
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres used International Women’s Day remarks to highlight persistent gaps in women’s rights, cite recent UN program results, and announce the UN’s commitment to a new gender equality “clarion call.”
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, speaking at a United Nations event marking International Women’s Day, urged governments and institutions to accelerate efforts on gender equality and announced the UN’s commitment to a system-wide gender equality “clarion call.”
Guterres said the world must "move forward, resilient, united, and unwavering in our pursuit of... equality, development, and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of humanity," invoking the Beijing Declaration on its 30th anniversary as the context for renewed action.
The secretary-general cited persistent global gaps in rights and safety for women and girls: "Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed by her partner or a family member," he said; he said 612,000,000 women and girls live in or near armed conflict, that fewer than two-thirds of women worldwide participate…
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