“He for She” an international gender equality campaign

UNWomen launched last Friday an international campaign entitled “He for She”.  The campaign will seek to involve 100,000 men in the fight against gender inequality and in an effort to challenge discrimination, strengthen women’s role and monitor advances made in countries at the level of fostering gender equality.  The UNWomen under-secretary general, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, noted that the objective of UNWomen is to increase the participation of men and boys in efforts seeking to realize gender equality.  She added that women cannot do this alone and that it is important to include all segments of society in women’s issues.  She called on fathers, sons, husbands and brothers across the world to support women’s equality in all aspects of life.  She also confirmed the projections that by the year 2020, 140000 girls will be forced to marry while underscoring that gender equality will need 95 years to be realized if the present situation does not change.
Source: Al-Safir 22 September 2014