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As part of our preparations for the 60th Commission on the Status of Women and as part of our ongoing webinar series by the WILPF Academic Network, WILPF hosted a webinar on March 2, 2016, on the topic, “Towards the Goal of Social Justice: Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development (CSW 60).” The discussion of this webinar focused on shifting the current economic and security paradigm to promote people over profit for human rights, human

The main goals of the campaign are:

Advocate for a woman as the next Secretary-General and make the selection of a woman inevitable

Support the selection process by contributing to the identification of the best possible female candidates

Support all qualified women candidates

Promote transparency in the selection process

Involve governments and civil society in the search and selection

This article, posted on March 8, 2016, and written by Ms Anne Marie Goetz, highlights the ongoing selection process for the future UN Secretary General and the campaign to select a woman for the position. However, Ms Goetz points out the importance of selecting a woman who commits herself to gender equality.