Last week President Donald Trump announced to a dismayed world that the United States was “leaving” the Paris Agreement—the most important global accord to mitigate climate change. This announcement is the latest ...read more

President Trump announced recently to a baffled world that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Or in his own inimitable words, “we are leaving, …we will renegotiate a better deal… ...read more

Global feminism hit a concrete ceiling in 2016. The first woman U.S. major-party presidential candidate was unable to rally votes in enough states across the country for her election despite an incompetent, openly racist ...read more

As the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opens this week, the world has a chance to truly accelerate the Women, Peace and Security agenda by urging the heads of government of countries on the UN Security Council to ...read more

This is an English language translation of Una mujer para la Secretaría General, by Shazia Rafi. On 13 October 2015, Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey addressed the Security Council as President. “Gender ...read more

This article by Shazia Rafi was originally published by Al-Ahram Weekly In November, the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly will hone in on the next UN secretary-general. All states, including Egypt, have a chance ...read more

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