This article by Shazia Rafi was originally published on Dawn.com PAKISTAN is severely affected by climate-related devastation — floods, drought, food and water shortage. Scientists working with the United Nations have set ...read more

This article was originally published on Good.is Shazia Rafi was a founding member of Campaign to Elect a Woman UN Secretary General (WomanSG for short). “When we started last spring, people would always refer to the next ...read more

This article was originally published by The Independent (UK) The campaign to elect a woman to lead the United Nations for the first time in its history is gathering pace with the field of official candidates for the job now ...read more

Ms. Bokova is Director-General of UNESCO and a candidate for UN Secretary-General. She was nominated by Bulgaria on February 11, 2016. Ms. Bokova shared her vision for the role of UN Secretary-General with the audience and ...read more

This article was originally published by Al-Ahram Weekly Boutros Boutros-Ghali believed in parliamentarians, and they believed in him, writes Shazia Rafi Two days after my appointment as the first woman secretary-general of ...read more

This article by Shazia Rafi was originally published by Women’s Media Center 2016 has started with two strong campaigns—by some 48 governments, led by Colombia’s female ambassador to the United Nations, and by ...read more

This article by Shazia Rafi was originally published on Dawn.com CHILDHOOD picnics in the Shalamar Gardens always turned into family history lessons. “Ali Mardan Khan, governor of Lahore requisitioned our ancestor’s land ...read more

A new report from UN Women concludes that peace is more easily achieved and more durable when women are included in the peacemaking process, and calls for “the full involvement of women in all efforts for maintaining peace ...read more