Magdalena Sepúlveda
Director,
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
At a time when the world is facing multiple crises, preventing the roll-back of the progress that women have achieved in the last decades towards gender equality requires a wide-ranging collaboration among governments, civil society, academia, social movements, the United Nations, and the private sector. Everyone must prioritize gender equality in policies and interventions.
I support the IGC Panel Parity Pledge.
I support the IGC gender-based violence pledge.
Personal Commitments
Advocate for the use of research and evidence to create more effective interventions and policies to support national care systems, in line with UNRISD's membership in the Global Alliance for Care. In order to achieve this, UNRISD will collaborate with at least one national government and three NGOs to implement evidence-based care policies, publish at least two publications on national care systems, and organize a seminar to disseminate findings and recommendations in 2025.
Advocate for research on gender equality by taking an intersectional approach that includes class, race/ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and migrant status, while highlighting the specific needs of women and girls. Key for these efforts will be to increase the number of UNRISD publications relating to intersectionality, promote-and increase the enrolment for-our training course on intersectionality, as well as to conduct at least one workshop and two webinars with strong intersectional perspectives, in 2025.