Barbara Winston, president of the UN Women for Peace Association, said the pandemic taught her that “we are all interconnected – in our failures and in our success”.
“To come back stronger and better, we must realize that we need each of us to be at the service of each other. That’s where our connection comes from: in our service, in our kindness and in our emotional intelligence.”
“Women and girls must realize the extent to which our protection and empowerment are essential to general human progress – we must all defend fiercely for each other. Men and women must seize every opportunity to place women’s success and gender equality in all. conversations and agendas “, she continued.
“We will work to elevate each other and ensure that we all guarantee the insertion of the movement towards gender equality and freedom from violence against women in all programs and projects. Let’s move forward this year with deep breaths, clarity of mind and absolute certainty of our worth and dignity, “added Winston.