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2020 set to be a crucial year for women's rights
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 07/03/2020
» 2020 is a big year for gender equality. And the benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world that leaves no one behind. It's the year for what we call "Generation Equality". With the leadership of civil society, we're mobilising to realise women's rights and to mark 25 years of implementing the Beijing Platform for Action.
No one gets left behind: Ending the threat of violence
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 25/11/2017
» The initial response to the outpouring of #MeToo around the world has been of outrage at the scale of sexual abuse and violence revealed. The millions of people joining the hashtag tide showed us how little they were heard before. They poured through the floodgates, opening up conversations, naming names and bolstering the frailty of individual statements with the robustness of a movement.
Fighting for gender equality from the ground up
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 26/11/2015
» Across the world, violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious -- and the most tolerated -- human rights violations, both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality and discrimination.