Amina J. Mohammed was speaking in the capital, Port Moresby, where she participated in the national launch of the Spotlight Initiative, a European Union-UN partnership to eliminate violence against women and girls by the SDG deadline of 2030.
International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone
As a “massive year for gender equality”, Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said 2020 was all about “Generation Equality”, in which “we’re mobilizing to realize women’s rights, and to mark 25 years of implementing the Beijing Platform for Action” – the historic and landmark gender equality plan drawn up in the Chinese capital. Generation Equality is focusing on issues facing women across generations, with young women and girls at the centre.
UNAIDS statement on the forced and coerced sterilization of women living with HIV
GENEVA, 28 February 2020—Women living with HIV around the world have been fighting for decades for the recognition of their sexual and reproductive health and rights, including their right to start a family and have children. However, over the years, there have been far too many examples of forced sterilizations and coerced abortions.
United Nations in South Africa concerned about reports of forced sterilization in public hospitals
26 February 2020: The United Nations in South Africa notes with concern the findings of the investigation by the Commission for Gender Equality on forced and coerced sterilization in public hospitals in the Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal provinces. The report details the horrific discrimination, mistreatment and human rights violations suffered by at least 48 women, based on their HIV status, race and gender.
‘It’s your future to define’, says UN deputy chief, urging young African leaders to push for Global Goals
Meeting in Zimbabwe with young leaders from across the African continent, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday encouraged the lively gathering to “use your youth power, for it’s your future to define”, telling them to use technology effectively to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Secretary-General’s remarks at the African Union Summit, Addis Ababa
Your Excellency Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa,
President of South Africa and
Chairperson of the African Union, Your Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the AU Commission,
The UN Secretary-General’s message on International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
27 January 2020: On this Day, we come together to remember one of the most heinous crimes of our time: the systematic killing of six million Jewish men, women and children and millions of others by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Holocaust.
Leading the SDGs Classroom and beyond – Baruch College (City University of New York).
Leading the SDG Classroom and beyond – Baruch College (City University of New York).
10 more years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) world blue print for fair globalization – 2030 and the marking of 2020 as the “Decade for Action”, remains our best hope for the People, for the Planet, for Peace and Partnerships.
The United Nations launches 75th anniversary dialogues: The biggest global conversation on the world’s future starts now
January 1, 2020 saw the launch of the UN75 initiative – the largest, most inclusive conversation on the role of global cooperation in building a better future for all. The initiative will see the UN spark dialogues throughout 2020 in diverse settings across the world.
United Nations in South Africa contributes relief supplies to the City of Tshwane floods victims
Pretoria – The United Nations in South Africa today contributed relief supplies to residents of the City of Tshwane who were affected by recent floods. The supplies were presented by the head of the UN in South Africa, Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, and received by the city’s Acting Executive Mayor, Cllr. Abel Tau, on behalf of the flood victims.