Women and gender issues

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, today:

In Myanmar, at least 138 peaceful protestors, including 56 over the weekend, among them women and children, have been killed in violence since 1 February, the United Nations Human Rights Office reports.  The Secretary-General and his Special Envoy on the country, Christine Schraner Burgener, strongly condemn the violence.

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's video message to the Young African Women Fellows programme, a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the African Union Commission, held today:

Cabo Verde has received 24,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the global COVAX facility – the first of 100,000 doses expected by May – according to United Nations staff in the country, who called the shipment a source of hope and a testimony to global solidarity.

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.