Women and gender issues

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message on the occasion of the launching ceremony of the ICESCO Year of Women 2021, today:

Food systems caused more than one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new Food and Agriculture Organization/European Commission study, which says food system emissions are estimated at 34 per cent of the total.  Top emitters are China, Indonesia, United States, Brazil, European Union and India.

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to the Slovakia Ministry of Foreign Affairs social media campaign on the occasion of International Women’s Day, observed today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the event marking International Women’s Day 2021, observed today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as delivered, at the fireside chat #ChooseToChallenge — Calling out Gender Bias and Inequity and Celebrating Women’s Achievement, today:

On International Women’s Day, peacekeeping colleagues report that Bangladesh, for the first time, is deploying four justice government-provided personnel, all women, to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), later this month.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ open remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the virtual dialogue with the Group of Friends of Gender Parity, held today:

About 931 million tons of food — or 17 per cent of all food available to consumers in 2019 and roughly equal to 23 million fully loaded 40-ton trucks bumper-to-bumper, enough to circle the Earth seven times — were trashed by households, retailers, restaurants and other food services, a UNEP report says.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

Schools for more than 168 million children around the world have been closed for an entire year due to lockdowns, a report from UNICEF says, noting that around 214 million children globally, or one in seven, have missed more than three quarters of their in-person learning.  The most vulnerable may never return, it warns.