United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has informed the world that COVID-19 reveals “millennia of patriarchy . . . a male-dominated world with a male-dominated culture which damages everyone.” His comments should do more than raise eyebrows on behalf of men everywhere. They should prompt us to take a serious look at the failed international system, which has proven incapable of bringing about real female equality. What has the UN done for women’s rights?
On October 1st, the UN will commemorate the anniversary of the seminal Fourth World Conference on Women. The 1995 conference held in Beijing catalyzed the international women’s movement with Hillary Clinton’s emblematic statement that, “human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” This marks 25 years of the UN’s women-centric human-rights focus. And yet for what gain?
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