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Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 [As delivered] I want to start by acknowledging and thanking Canada for helping to organize us today and also for the enormous support that they have given to this initiative. This year, in March, we hosted the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico, which is a forum that is supporting the acceleration of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action; accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals; accelerating the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda; as well as responding now to the pandemic. One of the...

The United Nations Despite information and communication technology playing such a key role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said that half the world remains offline, in his message marking International Girls in ICT Day, on Thursday – most of whom are women and girls in developing countries. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) data, there is a 17 per cent gender gap in Internet use globally, which is even wider in least developed countries.  In some regions, this gender gap is growing, reinforcing gender inequalities by denying women and girls oppor...

UN Women Every girl has a right to be connected and to play her part in shaping a more equal, green and tech-driven future. This is the world we are building together through Generation Equality, and specifically, through our collective work on the Technology and Innovation blueprint, which proposes goals to bring about a more equal and diverse digital transformation. Last month, at the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico City, we launched game-changing blueprints in an acceleration plan designed to dismantle the remaining barriers to gender equality over the next five years. The leaders of t...

I am Generation Equality: Net Supatravanij, social entrepreneur and activist against gender-based violence Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality. Date: Friday, April 16, 2021 Net Supatravanij poses at Thailand's First Female Founders Farmer's Market, hosted by ila in Bangkok in December 2020. Photo courtesy of Rachelle Tan I am Generation Equality because… “I want to show people that y...

I am Generation Equality: Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, economist, gender and youth activist Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality. Date: Friday, April 16, 2021 Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, 33, is an African economist and leader. Photo courtesy of Bogolo Kenewendo I am Generation Equality because “We all deserve equal opportunity. Opportunity creates better livelihoods and opens up a world of possibili...