Equality

Increased awareness is not enough, action is required'. So says the under Secretary General of the UN's Entity for Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at an event to mark International Women's Day at the United Nations in New York yesterday. UNWOMEN is mobilizing people globally to champion its campaign of gender parity or Planet 50-50 by 2030 with a call from the highest office at the UN for greater investment in initiatives that work to meet this deadline in 15 years. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.