United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for equal rights between the sexes, calling for the need to abolish discriminatory laws around the world and turn them into de facto equality.
During his personal participation in the Generation Equality Forum in the French capital (Paris), the Secretary-General said: "Gender equality is about power and authority in a world that is still largely male-dominated, in a culture that is still largely patriarchal."
According to the United Nations Information Center, the Secretary-General launched a "five-year working journey", based on the United Nations Global Plan to Accelerate Gender Equality, and Guterres stressed the importance of parity to redistribute power and create the conditions necessary to achieve true equality, as one of his five priorities. He said that women in the informal economy are "paying a heavy price for the pandemic," highlighting the importance of economic equality in wages, employment and social protection.
Noting the escalation of violence against women and girls during COVID-19, Guterres said, "Ending it must be a central component of all our policies and goals."
The Secretary-General also highlighted the importance of intergenerational dialogue as another essential tool for gender equality, to allow young people to be part of decision-making in today's digital society.
“Women everywhere in the world are trapped in a small corner,” UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Nuka said, noting that women make up a quarter of all managers, parliamentarians and negotiators on climate change and less than a quarter of those negotiating Peace agreements.
The head of UN Women emphasized that Generation Equality means change, it is about moving from making promises to saying what has been done to advance women around the world, explaining that Member States, the private sector and others have made nearly a thousand commitments to change women's lives, including Policies change, however "the struggle still has to go on... We need to push up all the time, so that there is a race to the top."
The President of UN Women concluded by emphasizing the importance of the role played by the countries of the global south, regional organizations, youth and civil society groups, who participated in raising $40 billion, and fundraising continues.
At the same time, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched a set of commitments to make tangible progress towards gender equality over the next five years.
The UN agency will support girls' education by ensuring that 28 million girls in more than 80 countries benefit from quality teaching with a gender-transformative approach, as well as a learning process that advances gender equality; working to bridge the digital gender divide, empowering female scientists and promoting the ethical use of AI that is free from gender bias or gender bias; And work to economically empower female artists and women working in the creative industries in Africa.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, called on women around the world to take full ownership and leadership in every aspect of life and society in order to rebuild a better future for all.
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