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STORY: UN / GENDER PARITY GROUP OF FRIENDS
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
07 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, ECOSOC Chamber
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are witnessing an aggressive backlash against gender equality – threatening hard-won progress in women’s human rights and fundamental freedoms. We cannot afford to stand still. We must push back against this pushback.”
4. Med shot, speakers
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Gender equality is a thread that runs through the Pact -- and I call on all Member States to spare no effort to implement its commitments. This includes the revitalization of the Commission on the Status of Women to promote the full and effective implementation of the Platform for Action.”
6. Med shot, speakers
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We must nurture and promote talent everywhere – and at every level. But achieving gender parity is not about numbers alone. Representation without transformation is not enough. Lack of parity perpetuates power structures that go against gender equality. Too many institutions, including our own, remain shaped by patriarchal systems of power that restrict women’s equal access to leadership, economic opportunities, and legal protection. If we want a UN that truly represents the people it serves, our organizational culture, policies and decision-making must continue to evolve.”
8. Med shot, speakers
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “We are witnessing an aggressive backlash against gender equality.”
Addressing the Annual Conversation of the Group of Friends on Gender Parity today (7 Mar) Guterres said, “We are witnessing an aggressive backlash against gender equality – threatening hard-won progress in women’s human rights and fundamental freedoms. We cannot afford to stand still. We must push back against this pushback.”
He also said, “Gender equality is a thread that runs through the Pact -- and I call on all Member States to spare no effort to implement its commitments. This includes the revitalization of the Commission on the Status of Women to promote the full and effective implementation of the Platform for Action.”
He stressed, “We must nurture and promote talent everywhere – and at every level. But achieving gender parity is not about numbers alone. Representation without transformation is not enough. Lack of parity perpetuates power structures that go against gender equality. Too many institutions, including our own, remain shaped by patriarchal systems of power that restrict women’s equal access to leadership, economic opportunities, and legal protection. If we want a UN that truly represents the people it serves, our organizational culture, policies and decision-making must continue to evolve.”
