On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Pictured: Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; and

Ginette Azcona, Research and Data Specialist, Research and Data Section, UN Women brief journalists at UNHQ on the main conclusions of the flagship report.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

H.E. Mr. Gamal Mohamed Hassan, Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Somalia (on screen).

SDG 16 Conference 2022 - IDLO

April 21-22, Farnesina Building, Rome, Italy

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

27 June 2022, Turin, Italy. – INNOVATION 4 CHANGE (I4C) DemoDay 2022 culminated today in a long-expected event that was launched at the historical site Castello del Valentino in Turin. The Kokorò team share information at their colorful stand.

The second part of the DemoDay took place at the Fondazione Agnelli, a short walking distance from the castle. At this location each team had a stand providing further information about the solution to their challenge. This was a great opportunity for each of the 10 teams to interact with the audience, answer questions, and showcase the various products created.

This year's winner was Team Ferrovie dello Stato Italiano, with their Greensect waste processing system. Second place went to Team UNICRI, while third place was shared by Team Movyon and Team CNH Industrial.

I4C is the main Impact Innovation program in Italy, organized by Collège des Ingénieurs, CERN IdeaSquare and Politecnico di Torino. Every year, I4C identifies 10 challenges with global impact, pitched by institutions and multinationals. To match these challenges, 10 multidisciplinary teams are selected to work on sustainable solutions and solve the challenge. They have five months to resolve the task and present their pitch. The teams are formed by MBA CDI students and one PhD student enrolled in various European universities, as well as storytellers from Scuola Holden.

©UNICRI/Freya Morales

For more information about I4C: www.innovation4change.eu/

And read our press release here: unicri.it/News/Innovation4Change-Hackaton-AI-for-Safer-Ch...

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

NEW YORK 18 SEPT 2016 - Globally acclaimed Danish actor and star of HBO’s Game of Thrones Nikolaj Coster-Waldau kicked off his role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme by refereeing the world’s first amateur women’s World Cup soccer tournament in New York.

Coster-Waldau, who plays fan-favorite anti-hero Jaime Lannister in the worldwide hit series, helped blow the whistle on poverty at the inaugural Global Goals World Cup, held at this year’s Social Good Summit at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Photo credit: © UNDP/Freya Morales.

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Pictured:

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women displays a copy of the flagship report.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

New York, 13 July 2016 - High-level Political Forum 11-20 July 2016 New York

Photo: Freya Morales / UNDP

#2030NOW decorates the walls inside the 92Y where the Global Goals Summit is held.

Photo: © Freya Morales / UNDP

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Scenes from the launch event for the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in New York on 14 February 2018.

On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, presented the findings of the report.

The report presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion with participants (L-R):

Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women

Moderator Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!

Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Education campaigner Malala Yousafzai sends a personal message of support to the young activists at the Youth Summit 2015.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Brazilian soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva is UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport. Marta, as she is popularly known, wants to inspire women and girls to challenge stereotypes, overcome barriers and follow their dreams and ambitions, including in the area of sport. An icon and role model for many, Marta is widely regarded as the best female soccer player of all time. This is the sixth year in a row that she has won the Best FIFA Women’s Player award. During her recent visit to UN Women headquarters in New York, Marta spoke about her personal journey, motivation and what she hopes to do as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.

"I started playing football when I was 7 or 8 years old. I’m from a very small town and at that time no other girls played football in my town. People said football wasn’t for women and my family shouldn’t let me play. They said I wouldn’t make it, that I wasn’t good enough.

As a child, I didn’t really understand why people were so against me playing when I could play it well! I fought back by showing my talent on the pitch.

Today, I want to use my story to empower girls everywhere, to work towards their goal, in whatever area that may be—in sport, in life, in work.

My greatest inspiration was my mother. We came from a humble family; my mum separated from my dad when I was less than a year old and she raised four children on her own. She worked all day, had little time to spend with us, but she never gave up. I found my strength from her to keep going.

Every win is important for me, from the time when I was playing in amateur teams among the boys to the first win as part of the Brazilian national team, and now. I remember when I went back to my town in 2006 after winning the award for the best female player in the world. When I arrived, it was nearly midnight and the whole town was awake, waiting for me. I got into a fireman’s truck and people were waving. That achievement could happen because I hadn’t given up [that] first moment I heard a ‘no’.

Sport changed my life completely. [It] gave me the opportunity to help my family, meet other people, see other countries and experience other cultures. Sport is a tool for empowering girls, because it gives you the opportunity to do what you want and learn to respect the differences between people.

We should invest much more in sport. The greatest challenge for women athletes today is the lack of options they have to play sport, and the lack of investment in sport. They have less support, fewer training options and this makes it more difficult to discover their talent.

For me, it’s a great honour to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women. I am here to use my story to inspire many more girls and women and to create opportunities so that next generation doesn’t have to go through what I did.

My message to girls everywhere in this world: believe in yourself and trust yourself, because if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.”

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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On 14 February 2018 UN Women launched its flagship report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The report demonstrates through concrete evidence and data the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and puts forth actionable recommendations on how to fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this first-of-its-kind report examines through a gender lens the progress and challenges in the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda’s focus on peace, equality and sustainability provides a powerful counter-narrative to the current rise of conflict, exclusion and environmental degradation. Yet, women are up against an unprecedented set of challenges in all these areas, and urgent action is needed to address them.

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Ginette Azcona, Research and Data Specialist, Research and Data Section, UN Women brief journalists at UNHQ on the main conclusions of the flagship report.

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Jack Ma, Executive Chair of the Alibaba Group addresses the Business and Philanthropy Leaders’ Forum organized by UN Women on 26 September 2016 at UN Women headquarters in New York.

At the Forum, leading global companies and foundations committed millions in additional financing for gender equality

Achieving gender equality is fundamental to realizing the transformative promise of the historic 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. But deep financing gaps for women and girls pose significant barriers to rapid progress.

Commitments at the Forum are aimed at closing these. They back a major global drive, championed by UN Women, to “Step It Up” for gender equality.

UN Women co-hosted the Forum with the Alibaba Group and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Jack Yun Ma, Executive Chair of the Alibaba Group; Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Gates Foundation; and UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka opened the event.

Pictured: Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma

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David Beckham (left), Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with seven-year-old David Lambrano, son of a UN employee. Mr. Beckham was at UN headquarters for a UNICEF event entitled, “Giving Youth a Voice".

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Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

"The sustainable development [agenda can bring] positive change in the lives of our women and girls. We should seize this opportunity. In this context, it is our commitment to continue to work towards the social, economic, and political empowerment of our women, and give our girls higher education. We shall create more opportunities and access for our women to participate in politics, business and government. We shall continue to work for ending all forms of discrimination and violence against women. We shall create a safer environment for our women and girls to thrive as agents of change. My government has plans to eliminate child marriage by 2041. We shall continue to give attention to maternal health and nutrition."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

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Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

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The UN TV Crew at work during the 70th Annual General Debate of the UN General Assembly. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the monitor.

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Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

“Liberia has already demonstrated, by my election, its commitment to [women’s] equality. However, I must be the first to admit that the gaps are many, and much more remains to be done. I therefore commit my administration to ensure that the Domestic Violence Bill, now under consideration by our legislature is passed into law to safeguard the safety of our women. My administration commits to continue adherence and enforcement of the law which denies bail to those who commit the offense of rape… My administration commits to uphold the rights and laws on children to ensure their access to quality education and their retention in schools …My administration commits to ensuring training and better working conditions for healthcare workers to ensure better healthcare delivery service, given our recent experience with the Ebola Disease. My Government commits to continuing the effort to submit laws under much difficulty to our standing legislature to ensure the abolition [and] enforcement of the ban on Female Genital Mutilation. My Government commits to improving the living and working conditions of women in the informal sector, who provide the resilience of our economy and are the most disadvantaged. My Government commits to ensuring that the ongoing Constitutional review process guarantees women’s full participation in governance and national affairs on a priority basis.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

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Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

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Brazilian soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva is UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport. Marta, as she is popularly known, wants to inspire women and girls to challenge stereotypes, overcome barriers and follow their dreams and ambitions, including in the area of sport. An icon and role model for many, Marta is widely regarded as the best female soccer player of all time. This is the sixth year in a row that she has won the Best FIFA Women’s Player award. During her recent visit to UN Women headquarters in New York, Marta spoke about her personal journey, motivation and what she hopes to do as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.

"I started playing football when I was 7 or 8 years old. I’m from a very small town and at that time no other girls played football in my town. People said football wasn’t for women and my family shouldn’t let me play. They said I wouldn’t make it, that I wasn’t good enough.

As a child, I didn’t really understand why people were so against me playing when I could play it well! I fought back by showing my talent on the pitch.

Today, I want to use my story to empower girls everywhere, to work towards their goal, in whatever area that may be—in sport, in life, in work.

My greatest inspiration was my mother. We came from a humble family; my mum separated from my dad when I was less than a year old and she raised four children on her own. She worked all day, had little time to spend with us, but she never gave up. I found my strength from her to keep going.

Every win is important for me, from the time when I was playing in amateur teams among the boys to the first win as part of the Brazilian national team, and now. I remember when I went back to my town in 2006 after winning the award for the best female player in the world. When I arrived, it was nearly midnight and the whole town was awake, waiting for me. I got into a fireman’s truck and people were waving. That achievement could happen because I hadn’t given up [that] first moment I heard a ‘no’.

Sport changed my life completely. [It] gave me the opportunity to help my family, meet other people, see other countries and experience other cultures. Sport is a tool for empowering girls, because it gives you the opportunity to do what you want and learn to respect the differences between people.

We should invest much more in sport. The greatest challenge for women athletes today is the lack of options they have to play sport, and the lack of investment in sport. They have less support, fewer training options and this makes it more difficult to discover their talent.

For me, it’s a great honour to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women. I am here to use my story to inspire many more girls and women and to create opportunities so that next generation doesn’t have to go through what I did.

My message to girls everywhere in this world: believe in yourself and trust yourself, because if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.”

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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On Saturday 12 September hundreds of young people will gather in London at The Youth Summit to help shape the future of our world.

At the end of September, world leaders will sign up to new Global GBackground

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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France: President François Hollande

“The first [goal] is to promote women's [position]. …The goal is to enable all girls in the world to freely go to school, to have access to work, to also be able to found their own businesses, and to be able to be autonomous and independent in their lives... The second goal is to promote the place of women for peace... We must mobilize and that's what we're going to do during this General Assembly, to strengthen the means of the High Commission for Refugees, to find a solution to what is happening in Syria, ... combat terrorism, because stopping the war is bringing an end to the suffering of women... In Paris, we will be holding the Climate Conference, and we have been able to note that climate injustices strengthen even further inequalities. …We've also been able to note that it is the women who can be the most capable of playing a role in finding solutions to global warming and preserving the environment. It's for this reason I would ask that ...in the Paris Conference, financing for women will be a priority. The final objective is to promote the [position] of women because this is to act for dignity. I therefore call for the universal ratification of the Convention on all Forms of Discrimination against Women. … If we want these goals to become truly the global order, if we want these to be achieved, there’s only one way to do it: To give many more women responsibility in countries that make up the international community, to ensure equality at all levels of the administration and politics. If I can give an example, in France, the Government that I chose and created has more women than men.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Brazilian soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva is UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport. Marta, as she is popularly known, wants to inspire women and girls to challenge stereotypes, overcome barriers and follow their dreams and ambitions, including in the area of sport. An icon and role model for many, Marta is widely regarded as the best female soccer player of all time. This is the sixth year in a row that she has won the Best FIFA Women’s Player award. During her recent visit to UN Women headquarters in New York, Marta spoke about her personal journey, motivation and what she hopes to do as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.

"I started playing football when I was 7 or 8 years old. I’m from a very small town and at that time no other girls played football in my town. People said football wasn’t for women and my family shouldn’t let me play. They said I wouldn’t make it, that I wasn’t good enough.

As a child, I didn’t really understand why people were so against me playing when I could play it well! I fought back by showing my talent on the pitch.

Today, I want to use my story to empower girls everywhere, to work towards their goal, in whatever area that may be—in sport, in life, in work.

My greatest inspiration was my mother. We came from a humble family; my mum separated from my dad when I was less than a year old and she raised four children on her own. She worked all day, had little time to spend with us, but she never gave up. I found my strength from her to keep going.

Every win is important for me, from the time when I was playing in amateur teams among the boys to the first win as part of the Brazilian national team, and now. I remember when I went back to my town in 2006 after winning the award for the best female player in the world. When I arrived, it was nearly midnight and the whole town was awake, waiting for me. I got into a fireman’s truck and people were waving. That achievement could happen because I hadn’t given up [that] first moment I heard a ‘no’.

Sport changed my life completely. [It] gave me the opportunity to help my family, meet other people, see other countries and experience other cultures. Sport is a tool for empowering girls, because it gives you the opportunity to do what you want and learn to respect the differences between people.

We should invest much more in sport. The greatest challenge for women athletes today is the lack of options they have to play sport, and the lack of investment in sport. They have less support, fewer training options and this makes it more difficult to discover their talent.

For me, it’s a great honour to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women. I am here to use my story to inspire many more girls and women and to create opportunities so that next generation doesn’t have to go through what I did.

My message to girls everywhere in this world: believe in yourself and trust yourself, because if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.”

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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Chile: President Michelle Bachelet

“The Chilean Government … is implementing a Labour Training Programme. We hope to train 300,000 women for highly skilled jobs, together with our programmes to empower women entrepreneurs. When it comes to collective negotiation, we want to improve the ability of women to negotiate as workers, including organizations representing the labour force in such a way that the gender focus can reduce the wage gap between men and women. … We implemented a national action plan against violence against women and we have more centres to welcome women who are the victims of abuse. We’ve also started programmes to train community leaders and government officials to prevent and halt violence against women. We also have a bill [to decriminalize] abortion when the mother’s life is in danger, or the fetus might be seriously compromised after birth, [or for] pregnancy as a result of rape. … But for gender equality to be effective, we also have to look at the decision-making area, in social and political spheres. The new Chilean electoral system, which we approved in January this year, for the first time has a quota system whereby at least 40 per cent of the candidates standing for Parliament must be women. We have problems with people complying, so we have put forward two incentives: firstly any party which does not have 40 per cent of women standing cannot register any candidate; secondly, parties [presenting] women [candidates] will receive economic incentives … to comply with the law. ... My Government has also taken steps so that by 2018 we will have 40 per cent of women directing public enterprises. We’re also looking [to ensure there] is equality, empowerment and solidarity between spouses.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Jack Yun Ma, Executive Chair of the Alibaba Group; UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Gates Foundation meet at the Business and Philanthropy Leaders’ Forum organized by UN Women on 26 September 2016 at UN Women headquarters in New York.

Achieving gender equality is fundamental to realizing the transformative promise of the historic 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. But deep financing gaps for women and girls pose significant barriers to rapid progress.

Commitments at the Forum are aimed at closing these. They back a major global drive, championed by UN Women, to “Step It Up” for gender equality.

UN Women co-hosted the Forum with the Alibaba Group and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Jack Yun Ma, Executive Chair of the Alibaba Group; Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Gates Foundation; and UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka opened the event.

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Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta

"My Government commits to safeguarding the gains realized by women under our new robust Constitution, through enactment of appropriate legislation and formulation of policies. My Government continues to commit to the implementation and enforcement of these policies and legislation.... My Government further commits to ensuring effective monitoring of the implementation and enforcement of these policies and legislation and will also ensure the acceleration of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the 23rd Special session of the UN General Assembly. We also commit to allocating adequate resources towards gender equality and to strengthen … mechanisms for gender-sensitive budgeting. To ensure the economic empowerment of women, my Government will continue to refine the public procurement policy in order to ensure increased access for women to procurement opportunities. My Government will progressively address women’s access to decent work and address the gender wage gap. My Government is also committed to accelerating the implementation of the national policy for prevention and response to gender-based violence and the Prevention Against Domestic Violence Act; and will continue to engage men and boys in line with the HeForShe campaign. My Government continues to commit itself to eradicating all harmful practices, including Female Genital Mutilation and child marriages. We commit to ensuring women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. We commit further to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health as guaranteed by our Constitution and in accordance with the Beijing Declaratoin and Platform for Action. We commit to ensure equal access of quality education for boys and girls and to strengthen programmes aimed at encouraging and mentoring youth, especially women to pursue careers in science, technology, ICT, engineering and mathematics."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

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27 June 2022, Turin, Italy. – INNOVATION 4 CHANGE (I4C) DemoDay 2022 culminated today in a long-expected event that was launched at the historical site Castello del Valentino in Turin. This year's winner was Team Ferrovie dello Stato Italiano, with their Greensect waste processing system. Second place went to Team UNICRI, while third place was shared by Team Movyon and Team CNH Industrial.

I4C is the main Impact Innovation program in Italy, organized by Collège des Ingénieurs, CERN IdeaSquare and Politecnico di Torino. Every year, I4C identifies 10 challenges with global impact, pitched by institutions and multinationals. To match these challenges, 10 multidisciplinary teams are selected to work on sustainable solutions and solve the challenge. They have five months to resolve the task and present their pitch. The teams are formed by MBA CDI students and one PhD student enrolled in various European universities, as well as storytellers from Scuola Holden.

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For more information about I4C: www.innovation4change.eu/

And read our press release here: unicri.it/News/Innovation4Change-Hackaton-AI-for-Safer-Ch...

United Nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

"Today, I call on all leaders to make tangible commitments that will secure a Planet 50/50 by 2030."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 as UN Women and China co-host the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

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Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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