In my last blog, I announced the launch of the global SheUnited campaign to press the case that the United Nations should appoint its first women secretary-general when the post becomes vacant next year. The current Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has lent his own authority to calls for a woman to take the top job. The General Assembly has over many years repeatedly raised the issue of gender equality in the selection process.
According to the UN principle of rotation between the five regional groups, the post is supposed to go to a candidate from Eastern Europe this time, as the only …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
