The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Member States in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 101 of the Charter
The global purpose of the candidacy is making a leap of improvement of UN Women’s development results and give a global impulse to the execution of the second decade (2022-2030) of strategic priorities of UN Women, with a strong focus on increasing financing and accountability for gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The strategic vision and proposal approach to the fulfillment of the role as Executive Director of UN Women is to enhance the significant opportunities for UN Women to foster multi-stakeholder-oriented partnerships and alliances that can create an impulse to operationalize UN Women’s mandate and make UN Women a 21st-century agency capable of delivering impact results at global, country, and regional levels by fully achieving the execution of its strategic priorities.
The ultimate objective of the candidacy and its nomination support by the Member States is to enhance coordination, coherence, and accountability of the UN system commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment, increase the engagement of partners and alliances in support of UN Women’s mandate and improve UN Women’s management and financial resources in pursuit of a global scale and results-driven impact.
Supported by more than 25 years of executive expertise, the overall ambition of the candidacy execution is to lead a transformative UN Women strategic framework approach that will strengthen its partnership capabilities and create an empowered workforce delivering excellence and influence for the achievement of its strategic objectives at global, country, and regional levels.
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“Establishing gender economic governance is a fundamental pillar to the economy and sustainable development of all countries. Globally, countries lose $160 trillion in wealth due to gender inequality. “
- Amelia López Huix (Spain,1974)
Candidacy Statement for the Position of UN Women Executive Director
The Mission
1. Provide a high-level executive leadership approach to SDG5 on gender equality and its cross-cutting impact in the Global Goals, and deliver excellence and influence at all UN Women organizational levels.
2. Implement the UN Women strategic plans, driving UN Women to be a service-oriented organization that supports the implementation of the global norms, policies, and standards on gender equality.
3. Make a leap of improvement of UN Women’s development results and increase effectiveness and efficiency to enhance coordination, coherence, and accountability of the UN system commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
