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“Today, on International Women´s Day, I'd like to thank all those who went before in creating our current policies,“ Hathaway said. “Let us honor them and build upon what they started by shifting our language, and therefore our consciousness, away from gender and towards opportunity.“ Anne Hathaway said at UN as she visited the United Nations in New York, on 8th march, to commemorate the International Women´s Day. The famous actress serves as UN global goodwill ambassador. Meanwhile in New York, the official UN commemoration of International Women´s Day took place at Headquarters and featured statements from Peter Thomson, the President, 71st Session of the UN General Assembly; Bjarni Benediktsson, the Prime Minister of Iceland; Amina Mohammad, UN Deputy Secretary-General; Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Chair of the upcoming 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women; Lana Nusseibeh, President, UN Women Executive Board; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women; Casar Jacobson, Disability Activist and Youth Champion; and Anne Hathaway, UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador.-----------------------------------------------------------
“As we meet today to celebrate the positive developments that have taken place over the years in the promotion and protection of women and girls´ human rights, let us pause to recognize that this progress has often been slow, fragile and uneven,“ said Mr. Thomson.
He called on the even to recall that “if we are to achieve a future in which all women and men enjoy equal rights, empowerment, and opportunity, then we must commit to decisive action to overcome the entrenched obstacles still preventing progress.“-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Noting the theme of this year´s International Day ““ “˜Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030´ ““ brings focused attention to a critical driver of gender equality, he said that if governments and other stakeholders are serious about achieving a “˜Planet 50-50 by 2030,´ specific action must be taken now to accelerate the realization of gender equality.
Also today, the Organization´s Rome-based agencies ““ the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) ““ reminded the world that women and girls play a crucial role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular, the goal of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty. Leaders from the three agencies reinforced their commitments to step up efforts to invest in the capacities of rural women as key agents of change in building a world without hunger. Source: United Nations (UN).M2-UN-WomenDay
