Misolas gives Biden high marks for his quick attention to the climate crisis and the global pandemic as well as for steps to close the gap on economic inequities.
Despite limitations imposed by the global pandemic, participants in two weeks of United Nations meetings that focused on women s participation in public life and the need to eliminate violence against women and girls praised the event as a necessary step in advancing gender equality.
Participants called the 65th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women a success, but they also noted a sense of impatience with the pace of progress and said the pandemic year has set back the cause of women s equality globally.
This is particularly noticeable in the shadow of the fall s commemoration of the anniversary of the U.N. s landmark 1995 world conference on women in Beijing.
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