Women and gender issues

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Åsa Regnér of Sweden as Deputy Executive Director, Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).  She will succeed Lakshmi Puri of India who served in this role during the past eight years, and to whom the Secretary-General and the Executive Director for UN-Women are grateful for her commitment and dedicated service.

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

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the New York Group of Friends of the African Women Leaders Network, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed on 11 February, aired in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed 6 February:

NEW YORK, 11 December (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean is organizing the first “Symposium on Women and Security” from 12 to 13 December in Lima.

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to be observed on 25 November:

Normative frameworks had been established and global awareness of the urgency of ending sexual atrocities and empowering women in conflict situations was growing, but progress on the ground must be accelerated, speakers told the Security Council in an all-day debate today.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on Financing the Future: Education for All, in New York today: