US EditionSpain pushes for first female UN chief since organisation's foundation
- Spain is advocating for the first female United Nations Secretary-General in 80 years, as no woman has ever held the position since the UN's founding.
- Nearly 80 years after the UN's creation, only eight female candidates have ever been nominated, with none successfully elected, according to the GWL Voices report.
- The report by GWL Voices found that only 46% of leadership positions in UN multilateral organizations are held by women, up from 42% in 2023.
- Susana Malcorra emphasizes that women remain underrepresented in top roles, holding only 11% of CEO positions in Fortune 500 companies as of 2025.
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,The question is very simple: if women have long assumed public tasks of great responsibility in the United Nations and in multilateral organizations, why are they not considered for the highest position, the General Secretariat? It is the starting point of the annual report Women in Multilateralism, of the organization GWL Voices, which brings together more than 80 women leaders from 39 countries, and which was presented on Thursday in Madrid. …
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The right to protest is fundamental" and it is "essential that the police and other forces demonstrate the required restraint, said Antonio Guterres
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elDiarioARIn a year of fighting for the succession of António Guterres, a report by the organization GWL Voices analyses the elections for the UN General Secretariat since 1945 and notes a huge gender imbalance: only eight out of 56 candidates have been women'sNo women at the top of international organizations: 87% of the leaders have been men in 80 years "We the peoples of the United Nations, determined to preserve succeeding generations from the scourge…
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