Source: UN Women
The year 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, and the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women. Yet as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world with devastating force, bringing particularly dire consequences for women and girls in places suffering from conflict, our ability to accelerate the pace of change has never been more urgent.