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| UN Chief Calls For Women Empowermen |
| UN Chief Calls For Women Empowerment As 'Agents Of Change': Report
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-March-2016
8:6:6 AM |
| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for empowerment of women as "agents of change" in a message to mark the upcoming International Women's Day on March 8, the media reported on today.
In poor parts of the world, women still face the risk of dying in the process of giving birth and girls are attacked even today, Xinhua news agency reported citing Ban's statement.
"We can only address these problems by empowering women as agents of change," he said.
"When I arrived at the UN, there were no women leading our peace missions in the field. Now, nearly a quarter of all UN missions are headed by women, far from enough but still a vast improvement," he added.
Mr Ban also said that he has signed nearly 150 letters of appointment to women in positions of assistant secretary-general or under-secretary-general.
While he remained outraged by the denial of rights to women, Ban said he takes heart from the people who act on the knowledge that "women's empowerment leads to society's advancement".
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuk, also called on the international community to "Step it up for gender equality" in her message to mark the day.
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