Afghanistan, Nov. 5 -- Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, has called on the United Nations to make gender equality a central priority across its development programmes.
Bahous made the remarks on Thursday, November 5, during the Global Meeting of UN Resident Coordinators. In a post on X, she thanked resident coordinators for their efforts to improve conditions for women and girls and translate the UN's commitments into practical action. She said gender equality should be treated as a fundamental and independent priority in the organisation's development agenda.
Afghanistan remains one of the starkest examples of the consequences of excluding women and girls from education and public life. Girls have been barred from attending sc...