Babatunde Osotimehin

The em­pow­er­ment of women must be the foun­da­tion for de­vel­op­ment across the world.

Twen­ty years af­ter the Cairo pop­u­la­tion con­fer­ence, there is still much to achieve for women’s em­pow­er­ment.

To erad­i­cate pover­ty and to achieve sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment, coun­tries must first achieve gen­der equal­i­ty.