Ms. Ourania S. Yancopoulos is the former Adviser to the United Nations Group of Friends for Gender Parity and Lead Researcher, Project Manager, and Curator of the Group’s initiative, HERstory: A Celebration of Leading Women in the United Nations. She is also a journalist with openDemocracy. Ms. Yancopoulos graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College/Columbia University in May 2016, with a dual-major in Political Science and Statistics, and a concentration in Modern Greek Studies. Follow her on Twitter @niayancopoulos.
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Published in: 50.50How will António Guterres tackle the UN’s gender problem ?Can António Guterres make good on his promises to advance gender equality as UN Secretary-General, or will “politics...
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Published in: 50.50Redressing the UN's gender gap: how do the SG contenders compare?Following an informal vote held at the UN in New York today, the UN Security Council will vote by acclamation...
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Published in: 50.50A lone raised hand: who will become the next UN Secretary-General ?Six women and six men are competing to become the next UN Secretary-General. As the drama unfolds, it’s still not...
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Published in: 50.50The next UN Secretary-General: administrator, figurehead, or leader?Public interviews for the job of the next UN Secretary-General are continuing in New York. Female candidates are...
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Published in: 50.50Choosing the next UN Secretary-General: real change ahead?For the first time in the UN’s history, the global public is having the chance to hear about the individual agendas...
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Published in: 50.50Is the UN really moving toward gender equality?New research raises the question of whether the UN is burying statistics on gender representation in order to cover...