Secretary-General Joins UN Women "HeForShe" Campaign

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) speaks 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. Listening from the front row are, from left: Mr. Ban's wife Yoo Soon-taek; British Actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson; and Sam Kahamba Kutesa, President of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly.