"WOMEN IN POLITICS"

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix met with women peacekeepers and women advocacy groups as he continues his official visit to South Sudan. UNMISS

As Sudan makes headway in transition to democracy, Security Council delegates urge sustained support for tackling causes of intercommunal fighting.

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed undertook a visit to Somalia on Sunday in solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal participation in political life, and to express the support of the international community for timely, inclusive, peaceful and credible elections.UNSOM

Special Representative stresses need for new government to end violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as she briefs Security Council.

Women Political Leaders Summit 2021

A large number of South Sudan’s women leaders gathered for a two-day leadership forum with the objective of establishing a mechanism that can unify the efforts of women at the state and national level. UNMISS

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

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

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

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.