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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: 50.50Still no woman at the helm of the UN
António Guterres's election as the new UN Secretary-General is a stark illustration of how male-dominated...
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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: 50.50Building a bridge to the future: towards a feminist UN
What will it take for the world’s women to shift the UN away from its paradigm of patriarchy and gender inequality...
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Published in: 50.50Is a feminist United Nations possible in our lifetime?
Hopes for a female, feminist UN Secretary-General look increasingly unlikely, but there are creative ideas...
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Published in: 50.50Still no country for women? Double standards in choosing the next UN Secretary-General
Six of the twelve candidates for the job of UN Secretary-General are women, but in the first informal vote at the...
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Published in: 50.50Choose a woman to lead the UN!
UN leaders and experts have sent an Open Letter to each member of the UN Security Council asking for the selection...
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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: 50.50UN CSW: the way to empower women is to use CEDAW Article 5, not the CSW
The most effective international mechanism to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment is not the cumbersome...
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Published in: 50.50Madam Secretary-General?
With pressure mounting for the next UN Secretary General to be a woman, is it too much to ask that she also be a feminist?
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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...
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Published in: 50.50UN peacekeeping: blue banner for hope, or red flag for abuse?
For decades the ‘Blue Helmets’ have been sexually exploiting and abusing those they were sent to protect. The UN is...
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Published in: 50.50UN resolution 2242: gender, generation, and counter terrorism
Key issues that remain unresolved within the Women, Peace, and Security agenda include: the nature of gender, the...
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Published in: 50.50Women, peace and security: the UN's rhetoric-reality gap
UN Security Council resolution 2242 passed with overwhelming support. but effective implementation was immediately...
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Published in: 50.50UN calls for women’s engagement in countering violent extremism: but at what cost?
Women are already on the frontlines of violent extremism. Engaging with them is not about instrumentalizing them but...
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Published in: 50.50Girls speaking truth to power at the UN: the global 2030 Agenda
"Invest in adolescents. We’re not only the future, we’re the present, and we deserve to be happy." Twelve year old...
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Published in: 50.50The missing link in women's human rights
Gender incompetent policies and hierarchical understandings of rights dominate global economic governance...
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Published in: 50.50Women's rights have no country
There is no blueprint for holding fast against the arguments used to dismiss women's humanity, or defending our hard...