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Theme: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world Date: Monday, March 1, 2021 Media contact: media.team[at]unwomen.org (New York, 1 March) – This year’s International Women’s Day (8 March) comes as the world continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its staggering impacts on women – from being pushed into poverty, to loss of jobs as the informal economy shrinks, to an alarming spike in domestic violence and the unpaid care burden— and will highlight the pressing need for the 2021 Generation Equality Forum. The Forum, which wi...

Speakers include: H.E. Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly H.E. Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women Somaya Faruqi, Member of the Afghan Girls Robotic Team Women’s Leadership in a COVID-19 World: Eddie Ndopu, SDG and disability rights advocate, in conversation with: H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland H.E. Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina Aya Chebbi, outgoing African Union Youth Envoy and Chair of Africa Young Women...

Gucci and its parent company Kering are joining the U.N. Women’s Generation Equality Action Coalitions to amplify gender equality.

Dia Mirza shared a glimpse from her wedding ceremony on Instagram. Actress Dia Mirza, who married businessman Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15, revealed in an Instagram post this morning that the couple chose to forgo the traditional rituals of Kanyadaan and Bidaai because "change begins with choice." Dia Mirza turned traditional rituals on their head at her wedding - her Vedic wedding ceremony was conducted by a woman priest, Sheela Atta. In her post, the 39-year-old actress said that it was "time for women to own their own agency" and to redefine what is old.  Kanyadaan is a ritual that symb...

I am Generation Equality: Somaya Faruqi, young Afghan innovator who led the development of a low-cost ventilator prototype 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: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Somaya Faruqi. Photo: Digital Citizen Fund I am Generation Equality because… “I believe that gender equality is a human right. Three things you can do to become part of Generation Equality: Prom...