UN Sec-Gen bags ”Delivering for Girls” award

A global advocacy group Women Deliver has presented the first-ever “Delivering for Girls and Women” award to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon for helping make women’s health, rights and wellbeing a global agenda through the Every Woman Every Child initiative he created in 2010. Women Deliver presented the award at the UN headquarters in […]

A global advocacy group Women Deliver has presented the first-ever “Delivering for Girls and Women” award to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon for helping make women’s health, rights and wellbeing a global agenda through the Every Woman Every Child initiative he created in 2010.

Women Deliver presented the award at the UN headquarters in New York, and said in a statement that the award was created to recognise “true visionaries for game-changing efforts that move the needle forward for girls and women, and initiatives, like Every Woman Every Child, that will lead to significant progress in the future.”

Ban “has helped propel gender equality and girls’ and women’s health, rights and wellbeing to the forefront of the global agenda and into the SDGs,” said Katja Iversen, chief executive officer of Women Deliver.

“His commitment to the new global health strategy and to the health and rights of every women, every child and every adolescent everywhere has been outstanding.”

Ban remarked the true champions were “fighting on the frontlines for health rights every day.”

“This recognition is a testament to their dedication and to the hundreds of Every Woman Every Child partners who are united around a common vision to ensure the survival, health, and well-being of women, children, and adolescents in every setting,” he said.

Ban created Every Woman Every Child in 2010 to push for attention and support to end preventable deaths for women and children.

A 14-year global strategy provides roadmap for helping to end preventable deaths, ensure health and wellbeing and expand enabling environments, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.

“By working together, Every Woman Every Child partners have already saved the lives of millions of women and children and, by advancing the Global Strategy, will continue to support them to achieve their full potential,” said Iversen.

Some 40 countries and more than 120 partners have already committed to the global strategy, totaling over $25 billion.

Stakeholders are also looking to make fresh commitments or renew existing ones ahead of the fourth global Women Deliver conference in Copenhagen this May, the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul and the World Health Assembly in Geneva.