HIGHLIGHTS
The UN commemorates International Women’s Day: The events at UN Headquarters precede the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the UN’s largest annual forum on gender equality.
Focus on “Rights, Justice, Action”: This year’s theme calls for stronger measures to ensure that women and girls have full access to justice and equal rights.
The Secretary General highlights legal inequality: António Guterres notes that women around the world possess only 64 percent of the legal rights enjoyed by men, and urges countries to dismantle discriminatory laws and defend hard-won progress.
High profile involvement: Anne Hathaway will lead the celebration with a musical performance by Michelle Williams.
Justice gap highlighted in Afghanistan: UN findings show that women in Afghanistan are much less likely than men to access formal justice mechanisms.