UN Women Launches HeForShe Campaign

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) greets British-Canadian actor, producer, and director Kiefer Sutherland (left) at a special event organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in support of their HeForShe campaign. Over the next year the campaign intends to mobilize one billion men and boys as advocates of change in ending the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally. At right foreground is Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).