Pressure mounts for first female UN secretary-general

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Pressure is mounting for the United Nations to appoint its first female secretary-general.

Pressure is mounting for the next United Nations secretary-general to be a woman, marking the first time in the organisation's more than 80-year history. The push comes as efforts to advance gender equality face a backlash globally.

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• As the UN ponders its next secretary-general, many say it's well past time for a woman to leadAt a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the United Nations to be the first woman in its more than 80-year history.News4Jax · 29 Sept, 19:25
• As the UN ponders its next secretary-general, many say it's well past time for a woman to leadAt a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the United Nations to be the first woman in its more than 80-year history.Clickorlando · 29 Sept, 19:25

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