Thanks to the extraordinary outcomes and commitments made during the last Gender Equality Forum and in alignment with the momentum created by the UN Secretary General’s call to global leaders both in the public and private sector to accelerate efforts in the implementation of the Global Goals and specifically, his Excellency statement “One further evolution is long overdue. The 21st century must be the century of women’s equality”, there’s an increasing global comprehension that gender equality is key for economic stability and sustainable development of all countries.

With this strategic approach to fulfill the UN Secretary General’s expectations for the role of Executive Director of UN Women, I will commit to making a leap of improvement of UN Women’s development results, as well as to meaningfully increase effectiveness and efficiency to enhance coordination, coherence, and accountability of the UN system commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment, to increase the engagement of partners and alliances in support of UN Women’s mandate, and to improve UN Women’s management and financial resources in pursuit of a global scale and results-driven impact.