Scenes from the Opening Session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on 30 June 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum (June 30 – July 2) is a major global inflection point for gender equality. This landmark effort is bringing together governments, corporations and change makers from around the world to define and announce ambitious investments and policies. The result will be a permanent acceleration in equality, leadership and opportunity for women and girls worldwide.Convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society, the Forum will also fuel a powerful and lasting coalition for gender equality. It presents a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change for generations to come. It will mark the beginning of a five-year action journey led by six Action Coalitions and a Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. This is a critical moment. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing gender inequities, with reports of rising violence against women, as well as higher adverse economic impacts caused both by increased unpaid care-giving and the fact that women work in more insecure, low-paid and informal jobs. Women of color, indigenous women and youth face compounded risks and barriers. We are living through a gender equality crisis, and the Generation Equality Forum offers a critical opportunity to confront it and accelerate implementation of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

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Scenes from the Opening Session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on 30 June 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum (June 30 – July 2) is a major global inflection point for gender equality. This landmark effort is bringing together governments, corporations and change makers from around the world to define and announce ambitious investments and policies. The result will be a permanent acceleration in equality, leadership and opportunity for women and girls worldwide.Convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society, the Forum will also fuel a powerful and lasting coalition for gender equality. It presents a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change for generations to come. It will mark the beginning of a five-year action journey led by six Action Coalitions and a Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. This is a critical moment. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing gender inequities, with reports of rising violence against women, as well as higher adverse economic impacts caused both by increased unpaid care-giving and the fact that women work in more insecure, low-paid and informal jobs. Women of color, indigenous women and youth face compounded risks and barriers. We are living through a gender equality crisis, and the Generation Equality Forum offers a critical opportunity to confront it and accelerate implementation of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Photo: UN Women/Fabrice Gentile

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Indigenous women’s groups perform a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico. The ceremony was held at the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Mexico City on 29 March 2021.

“Tlalmanali” from the Nahuatl indigenous language, is an “offering to the earth.” a traditional greeting to the four winds, which consists of an altar on the ground that forms a circle surrounded by natural elements, divided into four directions (south, north, east and west). Each symoolizes an element of nature (earth, water, air, fire). It represents the seed fire of inauguration.

The collectives in charge of the ceremony were: Red Autónoma de Médicos Tradicionales y Parteras CDMX y Area Metropolitana, Colectivo de parteria LOG OLAJ ALAXIN SAGRADO NACIMIENTO, and Casa de medicina tradicional Ixchel.

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Helsinki, Finland. UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous meets with the Generation Equality Youth Group to discuss ending online gender-based violence. 9 December, 2021.

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Scenes from the Opening Session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on 30 June 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum (June 30 – July 2) is a major global inflection point for gender equality. This landmark effort is bringing together governments, corporations and change makers from around the world to define and announce ambitious investments and policies. The result will be a permanent acceleration in equality, leadership and opportunity for women and girls worldwide.Convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society, the Forum will also fuel a powerful and lasting coalition for gender equality. It presents a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change for generations to come. It will mark the beginning of a five-year action journey led by six Action Coalitions and a Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. This is a critical moment. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing gender inequities, with reports of rising violence against women, as well as higher adverse economic impacts caused both by increased unpaid care-giving and the fact that women work in more insecure, low-paid and informal jobs. Women of color, indigenous women and youth face compounded risks and barriers. We are living through a gender equality crisis, and the Generation Equality Forum offers a critical opportunity to confront it and accelerate implementation of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Photo: UN Women/Fabrice Gentile

Scenes from the Opening Session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on 30 June 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum (June 30 – July 2) is a major global inflection point for gender equality. This landmark effort is bringing together governments, corporations and change makers from around the world to define and announce ambitious investments and policies. The result will be a permanent acceleration in equality, leadership and opportunity for women and girls worldwide.Convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society, the Forum will also fuel a powerful and lasting coalition for gender equality. It presents a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change for generations to come. It will mark the beginning of a five-year action journey led by six Action Coalitions and a Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. This is a critical moment. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing gender inequities, with reports of rising violence against women, as well as higher adverse economic impacts caused both by increased unpaid care-giving and the fact that women work in more insecure, low-paid and informal jobs. Women of color, indigenous women and youth face compounded risks and barriers. We are living through a gender equality crisis, and the Generation Equality Forum offers a critical opportunity to confront it and accelerate implementation of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Photo: UN Women/Fabrice Gentile

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the opening of the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 8 March 2020.

At the session Member States adopted a Political Declaration commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, in which leaders pledged to ramp up efforts to fully implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, still considered the most visionary blueprint on women’s rights.

The Political Declaration is the main outcome of the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the largest annual gathering on gender equality and the empowerment of women at the UN. This year the Commission decided to scale back the session to a one-day procedural meeting with delegations and civil society representatives based in New York, in light of the COVID-19 situation.

Speakers in order:

Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Mher Margaryan

Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres

President of the Economic and Social Council, Mona Juul

President of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

Anita Nayar, Director of Regions Refocus

Heela Yoon, Cora Weiss Peacebuilding Fellow at the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders;

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka,

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Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

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Scenes from Day 2 of the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico City. 30 March 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum is a global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-chaired by France and Mexico, in partnership with civil society and youth. The Forum kicked off in Mexico City from 29 - 31 March 2021 and will culminate in Paris from 30 June - 2 July 2021.

Over twenty-five years after the historic Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Forum is taking stock of progress and driving concrete actions to accelerate progress towards gender equality.

The Forum reaffirms the value of multilateralism and brings together the leadership and participation of various stakeholders - civil society, governments, business, cities, parliaments, trade unions, media and more - focusing on intergenerational and multi-stakeholder partnerships. To drive towards securing transformational commitments for gender equality, the Forum elicits and highlights both a feminist agenda (incubated during the Mexico Forum) and the launch of ‘Action Coalitions’, partnerships for scaled-up and urgent action.

The Generation Equality Forum was launched within the frame of the Beijing +25 review process which took place from March 2019 to September 2020.

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Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

HerStory is a youth-led initiative, supported by the UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) to produce and disseminate knowledge about gender equality issues and women and girls’ lives and contributions in the Arab region. HerStory as part of its Beijing +25 campaign organized a Wikipedia editathon focusing on women’s health during the 2019 ITU-UNESCO Digital Inclusion Week on 24 September 2019 at the Centennial Campus of the America University in Cairo, under the theme “Health, Education and Big Data for enhancing wellbeing”. HerStory volunteers edited, translated, researched and added articles on Arabic Wikipedia focusing on women and health and Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in particular to make this information accessible and written in a simple language.

Photo: UN Women/Emad Karim

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

On the first day of the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico City UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka meets with Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. 29 March 2021.

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On 29 March, the first day of the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visits the The Mexico City Generation Equality Mural by artist Adry del Rocio ahead of its unveiling.

The Mexico City Generation Equality Mural by artist Adry del Rocio, close to the Angel of Independence, is intended to become a landmark reflecting on an equal world. Produced by Street Art for Mankind, this mural is part of a series of 3 #GenerationEqualityMurals around the world (Mexico City, Paris, New York).

Pictured Left to Right: Jean-Pierre Asvazadourian, Ambassador of France to Mexico; Belén Sanz, UN Women Representative in Mexico; Zapotec rapper Mare Warning Lirika; Carlos Alberto Garcia, mural artist; Adry del Rocio, mural artist; UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; (man in blue tie, pardon, name TK); Street Art for Mankind producer Audrey Decker; Street Art for Mankind producer Thibault Decker.

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On 29 March, the first day of the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visits the The Mexico City Generation Equality Mural by artist Adry del Rocio ahead of its unveiling.

The Mexico City Generation Equality Mural by artist Adry del Rocio, close to the Angel of Independence, is intended to become a landmark reflecting on an equal world. Produced by Street Art for Mankind, this mural is part of a series of 3 #GenerationEqualityMurals around the world (Mexico City, Paris, New York).

Photo: UN Women/Dzilam Méndez

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Indigenous women’s groups perform a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico. The ceremony was held at the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Mexico City on 29 March 2021.

“Tlalmanali” from the Nahuatl indigenous language, is an “offering to the earth.” a traditional greeting to the four winds, which consists of an altar on the ground that forms a circle surrounded by natural elements, divided into four directions (south, north, east and west). Each symoolizes an element of nature (earth, water, air, fire). It represents the seed fire of inauguration.

The collectives in charge of the ceremony were: Red Autónoma de Médicos Tradicionales y Parteras CDMX y Area Metropolitana, Colectivo de parteria LOG OLAJ ALAXIN SAGRADO NACIMIENTO, and Casa de medicina tradicional Ixchel.

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Mexico City, Mexico, 31 March 2021 – The Generation Equality Forum Mexico concluded today with the unveiling of an Action Coalition blueprint and of new catalytic commitments for gender equality. These set the stage to pass the Forum’s torch to its next step in Paris on 30 June, which will be a major commitment-making moment. Youth and civil society leaders also launched a 2026 vision and a common feminist pathway. This progress was made possible by a vibrant intergenerational coalition of actors representing governments, civil society, feminist and youth organizations, the private sector, philanthropy, and international organizations.

The Forum in Mexico City, 29-31 March, engaged an estimated 10,000 people, including over 250 speakers from 85 countries to reinvigorate action and movements for gender equality. Reflecting the spirit to involve a new generation, nearly half the participants were under 30 years old. The meeting took place amid growing concerns that COVID-19 has exacerbated a “gender equality crisis”, making action and investment in women’s rights critical. A quarter century after the landmark Beijing Conference and Platform for Action, the Forum aimed to re-ignite efforts for full implementation.

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On 29 March, the first day of the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visits the The Mexico City Generation Equality Mural by artist Adry del Rocio ahead of its unveiling.

The Mexico City Generation Equality Mural by artist Adry del Rocio, close to the Angel of Independence, is intended to become a landmark reflecting on an equal world. Produced by Street Art for Mankind, this mural is part of a series of 3 #GenerationEqualityMurals around the world (Mexico City, Paris, New York).

Photo: UN Women/Dzilam Méndez

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Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Indigenous women’s groups perform a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico. The ceremony was held at the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Mexico City on 29 March 2021.

“Tlalmanali” from the Nahuatl indigenous language, is an “offering to the earth.” a traditional greeting to the four winds, which consists of an altar on the ground that forms a circle surrounded by natural elements, divided into four directions (south, north, east and west). Each symoolizes an element of nature (earth, water, air, fire). It represents the seed fire of inauguration.

The collectives in charge of the ceremony were: Red Autónoma de Médicos Tradicionales y Parteras CDMX y Area Metropolitana, Colectivo de parteria LOG OLAJ ALAXIN SAGRADO NACIMIENTO, and Casa de medicina tradicional Ixchel.

Photo: UN Women/Paola Garcia

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Indigenous women’s groups perform a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico. The ceremony was held at the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Mexico City on 29 March 2021.

“Tlalmanali” from the Nahuatl indigenous language, is an “offering to the earth.” a traditional greeting to the four winds, which consists of an altar on the ground that forms a circle surrounded by natural elements, divided into four directions (south, north, east and west). Each symoolizes an element of nature (earth, water, air, fire). It represents the seed fire of inauguration.

The collectives in charge of the ceremony were: Red Autónoma de Médicos Tradicionales y Parteras CDMX y Area Metropolitana, Colectivo de parteria LOG OLAJ ALAXIN SAGRADO NACIMIENTO, and Casa de medicina tradicional Ixchel.

Photo: UN Women/Paola Garcia

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Indigenous women’s groups perform a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico. The ceremony was held at the Complejo Cultural Los Pinos in Mexico City on 29 March 2021.

“Tlalmanali” from the Nahuatl indigenous language, is an “offering to the earth.” a traditional greeting to the four winds, which consists of an altar on the ground that forms a circle surrounded by natural elements, divided into four directions (south, north, east and west). Each symoolizes an element of nature (earth, water, air, fire). It represents the seed fire of inauguration.

The collectives in charge of the ceremony were: Red Autónoma de Médicos Tradicionales y Parteras CDMX y Area Metropolitana, Colectivo de parteria LOG OLAJ ALAXIN SAGRADO NACIMIENTO, and Casa de medicina tradicional Ixchel.

Photo: UN Women/Paola Garcia

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29 June 2021 - Ahead of the opening of the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, France, dignitaries gather to view a new mural produced for the forum by street artist Lula Goce.

An initiative spearheaded by UN Women, France and Mexico, as part of the Generation Equality Forum, led by Street Art for Mankind (SAM), in partnership with the City of Paris and with the support of the Manpower group and the Accor group.

This project is part of a series of three murals produced on the occasion of the Forum in three major world capitals - in Mexico City in Mexico, in Paris in France and in New York in the United States - by internationally renowned women artists. A first fresco was produced in Mexico City in March by artist Adry del Rocio.

Street Art for Mankind, which coordinates the entire project, is a non-profit organization bringing together street artists from around the world, using art to carry strong messages in favour of the rights of children and women. Lula Goce, who was chosen to create the fresco in Paris, is a Spanish artist who mixes photorealistic depictions of people - often children or adolescents - with elements of nature or fantastic landscapes.

The mural is located in Paris 18th, 3 rue Caulaincourt, (on Mercure Montmartre hotel’s façade).

Speakers include: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director UN Women; Delphine O, Ambassador and Secretary General Forum Génération Egalité; Arnaud Ngatcha, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of international relations and the Francophonie; Alain Roumilhac, President, France ManpowerGroup; Maud Bailly, CEO Europe du Sud ACCOR; Marielle Seegmuller, Directrice des Opérations - COVIVIO; Audrey Decker & Thibault Decker, Founders Street Art for Mankind; Lula Goce, Mural Artist; musical performance by Lehna

Photo: UN Women/Fabrice Gentile

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

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Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Mexico City, Mexico, 31 March 2021 – The Generation Equality Forum Mexico concluded today with the unveiling of an Action Coalition blueprint and of new catalytic commitments for gender equality. These set the stage to pass the Forum’s torch to its next step in Paris on 30 June, which will be a major commitment-making moment. Youth and civil society leaders also launched a 2026 vision and a common feminist pathway. This progress was made possible by a vibrant intergenerational coalition of actors representing governments, civil society, feminist and youth organizations, the private sector, philanthropy, and international organizations.

The Forum in Mexico City, 29-31 March, engaged an estimated 10,000 people, including over 250 speakers from 85 countries to reinvigorate action and movements for gender equality. Reflecting the spirit to involve a new generation, nearly half the participants were under 30 years old. The meeting took place amid growing concerns that COVID-19 has exacerbated a “gender equality crisis”, making action and investment in women’s rights critical. A quarter century after the landmark Beijing Conference and Platform for Action, the Forum aimed to re-ignite efforts for full implementation.

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Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day 2020, held in the UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York on 6 March 2020.

Leveraging the 2020 International Women’s Day theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”, the UN commemoration celebrated change-makers of all ages and genders and included addresses by senior representatives of the United Nations system, an inter-generational dialogue with gender equality activists, and musical performances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy Awards winner Angelique Kidjo, who also spoke, and Broadway Singers.

Participants included: Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate; Charlotte Bunch, Feminist Author and Organizer; Alexandria Villaseñor, 14-year-old Climate Justice Activist; and Aaron Philip, fashion model.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the Opening Session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on 30 June 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum (June 30 – July 2) is a major global inflection point for gender equality. This landmark effort is bringing together governments, corporations and change makers from around the world to define and announce ambitious investments and policies. The result will be a permanent acceleration in equality, leadership and opportunity for women and girls worldwide.Convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society, the Forum will also fuel a powerful and lasting coalition for gender equality. It presents a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change for generations to come. It will mark the beginning of a five-year action journey led by six Action Coalitions and a Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. This is a critical moment. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing gender inequities, with reports of rising violence against women, as well as higher adverse economic impacts caused both by increased unpaid care-giving and the fact that women work in more insecure, low-paid and informal jobs. Women of color, indigenous women and youth face compounded risks and barriers. We are living through a gender equality crisis, and the Generation Equality Forum offers a critical opportunity to confront it and accelerate implementation of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Photo: UN Women/Fabrice Gentile

Gender Equality: from the Biarritz Partnership To the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum

This side-event, hosted by the French and Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministers, Jean-Yves Le Drian and Marcelo Ebrard, and co-sponsored by UN Women, will take stock of the gender equality outcomes of the Biarritz summit and the work of the Gender Equality Advisory Council (of which the Executive Director of UN Women is a member) and officially introduce the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico in May 2020 and in Paris in July 2020 to the international community. Convened by UN Women, co-hosted by France and Mexico, and organized in close partnership with civil society, the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico and Paris will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, with the aim of giving new impetus to the implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Conference. Speakers at the high level event at the UNGA include Jean-Yves Le Drian and Marcelo Ebrard, the Foreign Affairs Ministers of France and Mexico; members of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, Katja Iversen, President of Women Deliver, and Rula Jebreal, foreign policy analyst and journalist; as well as Dr. Denis Mukwege, world-renowned gynaecologist, human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate; Marlène Schiappa, Minister of State for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination, France; and Nadine Gasman, President of Inmujeres Mexico.

WHEN: Monday, 23 September, 6.30–8 p.m.

WHERE: Conference Room 3, United Nations HQ, New York

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the Opening Session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on 30 June 2021.

The Generation Equality Forum (June 30 – July 2) is a major global inflection point for gender equality. This landmark effort is bringing together governments, corporations and change makers from around the world to define and announce ambitious investments and policies. The result will be a permanent acceleration in equality, leadership and opportunity for women and girls worldwide.Convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society, the Forum will also fuel a powerful and lasting coalition for gender equality. It presents a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change for generations to come. It will mark the beginning of a five-year action journey led by six Action Coalitions and a Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. This is a critical moment. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing gender inequities, with reports of rising violence against women, as well as higher adverse economic impacts caused both by increased unpaid care-giving and the fact that women work in more insecure, low-paid and informal jobs. Women of color, indigenous women and youth face compounded risks and barriers. We are living through a gender equality crisis, and the Generation Equality Forum offers a critical opportunity to confront it and accelerate implementation of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Photo: UN Women/Fabrice Gentile