Topic - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Related Stories

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of U.N. Women, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in New York. The U.N. health agency and its partners have found in a new study released Tuesday, March 9, 2021 that nearly one in three women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetimes, calling the results a “horrifying picture” that requires action by government and communities alike. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women, called violence against women &quot;the most widespread and persistent human rights violation that is not prosecuted.” (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

UN Women urges world to press gender equality post-pandemic

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A woman walks among dozens of red painted shoes placed on the ground as a part of an installation against violence against women in Brussels, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

UN launches campaign against gender violence targeting rape

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of U.N. Women, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Mlambo-Ngcuka said the adoption of the 150-platform for action to achieve gender equality by 189 governments at the 1995 Beijing women's conference has pushed countries around the world to create a &quot;gender machinery&quot; including specific laws and government bodies dedicated to addressing the issue of gender equality. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

UN official says fight for women’s equality is far from over

By SABINA NIKSIC - Associated Press