"PHUMZILE MLAMBO-NGCUKA"

Day 3 of the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV/AIDS to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress on the commitments made in the 2016 Political Declaration towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and how the response, in its social, economic and political dimensions, continues to contribute to progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the global health goal.

The Elsie Initiative Fund for Uniformed Women in Peace Operations is launching its second programming round with a high-level virtual event which features discussion by the Member States that have received funding in the first programming round, and by new contributors to the Fund about the important and innovative work of the Fund, and the broader progress of the deployment of uniformed women in Peace Operations and showcase Member States’ progress and good practices.

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said increasing the number of women in peacekeeping “is not enough,” and stressed the need to “transform our institutions and the way we do things.” UNIFEED

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka moderates a virtual town hall discussion to provide an opportunity for women’s civil society organizations to engage with the Secretary-General on the session’s priority theme: women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.

Pandemic reveals extent of gender inequality in world’s political, social, economic systems, says Secretary-General, as women’s commission opens session.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Virtual press briefing by Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong to present the 2021 edition of the Women in Politics Map, in the lead-up to the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

Despite increases in the number of women at the highest levels of political power, widespread gender inequalities persist, according to the 2021 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. UNIFEED

Briefing journalists about the new report on violence against women, WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “The results paint a horrifying picture. An estimated 736 million women, almost one in three women globally have suffered intimate partner violence, sexual violence from a non -partner or both at least once in their lives.” WHO

This year's International Women's Day theme "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world" celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.