Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Deliver for Good, a global campaign that applies a gender lens to global development, announces five campaign influencers: Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark; José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica Cordano, the former President of Uruguay; Dr. Alaa Murabit, UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment & Economic Growth and UN SDG Global Advocate; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women; and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, a gender equality advocate and the wife of Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau.
The announcement was made at a high-level reception hosted by Women Deliver and the Deliver for Good partners during the United Nations’ 61st Commission on the Status of Women.
The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017. To read the full report of the commission, click here.
Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attended the session.
A video message from H.E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil), Chair of the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Katja Iversen, President/CEO of Women Deliver
“The growing wave of conservatism threatens the precious gains the world has made to ensuring all girls and women can enjoy health, rights and wellbeing—everywhere,” said Katja Iversen, President/CEO of Women Deliver. “Now, more than ever, leading global voices must stand up for what is right and champion investments in girls and women to power progress for all. This is precisely why I am so proud to announce the Deliver for Good Influencers today.”
José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica Cordano, the former President of Uruguay
The primary goal of the Deliver for Good campaign is to promote political, programmatic, and financial investments in girls and women across 12 critical issue areas, from education and sexual health and rights to climate change and access to resources. Deliver for Good Influencers will support the campaign by calling for these investments and engaging multi-sector allies to redefine the narrative around girls and women as agents of change and critical drivers of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global and country levels. To date, nearly 200 organizations from 56 countries have joined the campaign, and 34 ministers and 85 parliamentarians have been engaged.
Dr. Alaa Murabit, UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment & Economic Growth and UN SDG Global Advocate
“It is only by working in all 12 of the investment areas, where evidence of girls’ and women’s contributions to global peace and security, to sustainability and development, can be advanced, that we can create tangible roadmaps for the continued support for initiatives which propel this agenda forward,” said Dr. Alaa Murabit.
By focusing on girls and women as complete individuals – addressing their diverse needs across health, education, economic rights, and more – Deliver for Good takes an integrated approach to fueling solutions that will transform the lives of girls and women and yield benefits for families, economies, and nations.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
“By expanding our networks, reinforcing each other, and sharing best practices on how to boost investment in gender equality and women’s empowerment, together we can create real and lasting change for women and girls,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, a gender equality advocate and the wife of Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau
“Our societies have taken profound steps towards a more gender equal world, but at current rates, gender equality might not be achieved in our lifetimes,” said Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. “We must all work as one, including having men being part of the solution, as we collectively put women at the heart of development and by empowering them to drive change that will lead to better outcomes – for women, for their families, for their communities, and for society. By denying women and girls their fundamental rights, we are preventing societies from reaching their full potential.”
Deliver for Good is a multi-sector, multi-national campaign to change how the world thinks about girls and women – from vulnerable recipients of aid, to critical drivers of progress. Deliver for Good applies a gender lens to global development by promoting 12 critical investments in girls and women that will yield returns for women, families, communities, and societies in the decades to come. The campaign focuses on the whole girl and the whole woman – not just her health needs, her educational needs, or her rights. Girls and women don’t live their lives in silos, and our development strategies shouldn’t either. Learn more at deliverforgood.org.
The campaign is powered by Women Deliver in coordination with 10 founding partners including: Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Every Woman Every Child (EWEC), FEMNET (The African Women’s Development and Communications Network), FHI 360, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Landesa, Plan International, Population Services International (PSI), and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN). Deliver for Good also has a network of 25 ally organizations that support and advise the campaign.
Last update on March 18, 2017
