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Joly and Female Foreign Ministers Advocate for a Woman to Lead the United Nations

  • Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, alongside 14 other female foreign ministers, called for the next UN Secretary-General to be a woman, after 75 years of male leadership.
  • They discussed promoting gender equity in public life and tackling online misogyny and disinformation targeting women.
  • The ministers also urged the Taliban to reverse policies undermining women’s rights in Afghanistan.