Opinion: A progress report on the UN feminist agenda
Category
Adolescent Girls, Adolescents and Youth, Economic Opportunity & Security, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Violence Against Women and Girls
News Organization
Devex
Publication Date
11 April 2017
Publication Author
Lyric Thompson
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Lyric Thompson writes for Devex on the new United Nations Secretary-General’s progress on gender equality on his 100th day in office. Thompson writes that overall, Secretary-General Guterres has earned an A-, making progress on key recommendations, with some room to grow to create a truly feminist United Nations.
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