https://www.scmp.com/rss/321879/feed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is undersecretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Great strides have been taken to empower women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted an ambitious global agenda to achieve gender equality 25 years ago. Gender parity has been achieved in primary education. Maternal mortality has been halved. Today, the region’s governments are committed to overcoming the persistent challenges of discrimination, gender-based violence and women’s unequal access to resources and decision-making.  The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3039427/womens-freedom-violence-participation-politics-and-economic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3039427/womens-freedom-violence-participation-politics-and-economic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:00:10 +0000 Violence against women and girls is a global epidemic. One in three women worldwide experience physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lives. This is not acceptable or inevitable. It can be prevented. We must, now, take a zero-tolerance approach at the highest levels of leadership. Men and boys must challenge unequal power relations, police must respond to signs of abuse ... schools must teach both boys and girls to aim high Just imagine how different the world would be if we... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1889228/together-we-can-ensure-gender-based-violence-has-expiry-date?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1889228/together-we-can-ensure-gender-based-violence-has-expiry-date?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Dec 2015 05:59:30 +0000