UN Secretary General Antoniu Guterres called to support women and girls fighting for their rights.
Women and girls achieved great success – they destroy barriers, destroy stereotypes and contribute to progress on the way to a more fair and equal world, ”says the General Secretary General of the UN, dedicated to International Women’s Day.
“At the same time, they (women) are faced with huge obstacles. Billions of women and girls are faced with marginalization, injustice and discrimination, and the ongoing epidemic of violence against women is a shame of all mankind,” said Guterrysh, whose words quoted the UN news website. .
According to the Secretary General, in the modern world, the “existing power relations existed for millennia” in which men dominate for millennia.
“At the current rate of development, it will be possible to achieve legal equality only after three hundred years. We must move much faster,” he outlined.
The UN Secretary General called for the support of women and girls fighting for their rights and accelerating progress. According to him, the theme of International Women’s Day this year – “invest in women” – reminds that in order to end the patriarchy, you need money.
Gutherrish announced the need to support female organizations that “are on the front line”; Investing in programs designed to put an end to violence against women, as well as to promote women to work in work in areas such as economics, digital technologies, worldbuke and struggle with climate change.
“We also need to increase the number of women leaders in business, financial sector, in central banks and ministries of finance. Women’s rights are a proven path to a fair, peaceful and prosperous society. This is a good for all of us,” the Secretary General said UN.