UN Women’s Lopa Banerjee explains how the Generation Equality Forum can accelerate gender equality. The Generation Equality Forum (GEF) has been 25 years in the making, and a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic is not stopping the opportunity to push gender equality efforts forward. The international conference is convened by UN Women, the United Nations’ organization dedicated to...

Gender equality is essential in the fight against COVID-19. LONDON, July 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic are under threat because women are being excluded from critical decision-making roles, the United Nations said on Thursday. Only 6% of coronavirus task forces, which are responsible for co-ordinating government responses...