UN Women Launches HeForShe Campaign

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre left) thanks British Actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson (centre right) for co-hosting tonight's 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. Also pictured, from left: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women; Yoo Soon-taek, Mr. Ban's wife; and Sam Kahamba Kutesa (far right), President of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly.