#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation
of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

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Helvi Sipilä

Finland

Taking international women's empowerment to a new level

Helvi Sipilä was the first woman to serve as UN Under-Secretary-General. She focused specifically on the advancement of women’s rights and organized the first World Conference on Women in 1975.

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