Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director,

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and, as seen by the actions of the White

By Blair Williams,

By Sandra Pepera,

By the Secretariat of the International Gender Champions (IGC) and Martin Chungong, Chair of the IGC Global Board and Secretary General of the IPU.

By Erin Loos Cutraro,

By Leila Billing,

I still remember Wednesday, November 9, 2016 like it was yesterday. The decision was already clear the night before. But there was something of a nightmarish quality to the previous evening — something surreal.

At this week's presidential debate, both serious contenders left in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination made a historic pronouncement.