March 09, 2021 Indian women participate in training providing them with skills, knowledge and confidence to set up their own business or find work. — courtesy UNICEF/Sharron Lovell GENEVA — Exclusion of women in decisions that affect their lives is “bad governance [and] should not be allowed,” the UN Women chief said on Monday, International Women’s Day. “We stand on a crossroads as we ponder the recover from a pandemic that has had a disproportionate impact women and girls,” Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women said at an event celebrating the efforts of women and girls to shape a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.