Generation Equality: Alongside COVID lies an ‘equally horrific pandemic’ threatening women

Published on June 29, 2021

As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, “a parallel and equally horrific pandemic” has threatened half the world’s population, the UN chief said on Tuesday, in the lead up to the Generation Equality Forum in France.

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