The United Nations secretary-general warned Monday at the start of a major women’s conference that gender Equality is projected to be 300 years away at the current pace.
The CSW, as it is known, is expected to draw more than 4,000 government ministers, diplomats and civil society members for the annual two-week-long gathering to discuss how to improve the lives of women around the world.
Guterres told the opening session that the CSW takes on even greater significance at a time when women’s rights “are being abused, threatened and violated around the world.”
This year’s theme is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.”
The conference and its dozens of side events will look at how a disproportionate lack of access to the internet is holding back women and girls globally.
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