Executive Director

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Rural women and girls building climate resilience

In her statement for International Day of Rural Women on 15 October, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka emphasizes that rural women must be at the table when decisions are made that affect their future, so that their concerns shape investments in climate resilience and make them truly gender responsive. More ►

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16/10/2019
Coverage: UN Women Executive Director visits Ethiopia
14/10/2019
Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women for the International Day of Rural Women
11/10/2019
Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for International Day of the Girl, 2019
01/10/2019
Chapter by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for Lumos: Gender-Based Discrimination as a Driver for the Institutionalization of Children
24/09/2019
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the event Gender Equality: from the Biarritz Partnership to the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum on the margins of the 74th UN General Assembly
09/09/2019
Speech: Preparing for a new decade of UN Women 2.0
25/08/2019
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France
28/08/2019
UN Women Executive Director urges G7 leaders to commit to gender equality and join the Biarritz Partnership
23/08/2019
Op-ed: Every G7 country should have a feminist foreign policy
20/08/2019
Publication of the report of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

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About the Executive Director

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Photo: Kea Taylor.

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is Executive Director of UN Women. She was sworn into office on 19 August 2013. Bio

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While visiting the Central African Republic from 24 to 26 May, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka emphasized that women’s rights, participation and leadership are vital to peace and stability in the country.

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