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1. “We are very keen to work with our partners — humanitarian, development, peace and security actors; 25 per cent of our members are conflict- or fragility-affected States. We need to work with the Council and with everyone to be successful in those countries. Let me conclude with this thought. Women and girls are themselves powerful agents of change. They help society transition from fragility to stability. They are the foundation for a better future for all; we saw that in peace processes from Northern Ireland to Colombia and in places such as Liberia, where a women’s movement helped bring an end to the civil war. I would say, therefore, to all women and girls to believe in themselves, to dare to reach their full potential. They have the power to forge a brighter future for our societies, for our economies, for our world.”

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2. “We are zeroing in on social spending, which is an efficient and effective way to allow for better education for boys and girls, better health care, better social protections and, as a result, stronger societies. We believe that a country-tailored approach is vital, so in our new strategy on gender that we will bring to our Board this spring, as well as in our fragile and conflict-affected States strategy, which we will present to the IMF Board tomorrow, we explicitly emphasize the role of gender equality. We see country engagement strategies based on contributions from society where the voices of women are heard, which is a major factor for us in helping our members deal with drivers of fragility such as gender equality, climate change, forced displacement and food insecurity.”

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3. “The Security Council has such an important role in promoting women’s inclusion in peacebuilding. Yet too often women remain underrepresented and excluded from decision-making processes. To change that, we need all hands on deck. We need international organizations, we need Governments, we need the private sector, as we heard, so that we can have a chance to reduce fragility by closing gender gaps to improve prospects for development. That takes me to my third point: we all have responsibility to bear, and that applies to my institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF). I want to report to the Council that we are relentlessly focusing on helping our members design and implement economic and financial policies to ensure greater resilience and growth.”

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4. “They do better, their families do better, their countries do better, for the benefit of everyone. Our analysis shows that improving gender equality can increase economic growth quite significantly, strengthen the resilience of families, communities and countries, enhance financial stability and reduce income inequality. We know that societies with more gender equality tend to be more resistant to violence and conflict. The equal participation of women in socioeconomic life is essential to preventing conflict and helping to transition out of fragility. When women participate in peace negotiations and in State-building processes, the prospects for building resilience and enduring peace and for inclusive and prosperous societies significantly improves.”

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5. “And, of course, we know that this leads to serious socioeconomic consequences; we have calculated those consequences. But I also want to talk about the positive side. As dramatic as those effects are, we need to remember that overcoming them can be a massive injection of prosperity for countries. Empowering women and reducing gender inequality in fragile or conflict situations in particular can have powerful economic benefits. If sub-Saharan African countries reduced their level of gender-based violence to closer to the world average, they could see long-term gross domestic product gains of around 30 per cent — well-being for everyone. That brings me to my second point. Gender equality is critical for growth, resilience and socioeconomic stability. It matters tremendously when women and girls can reach their full potential.”

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6. “During the pandemic, globally twice as many women as men lost their jobs, owing to the kind of employment they hold, lost social protections and often the burden of childcare, care for family members — unpaid work. Let us recall that women have a 20 per cent lower labour-market participation than men to begin with. We also have seen tremendous learning losses. We calculate that over the lifetime of the generations affected by the pandemic, $17 trillion will be lost because of that lack of educational attainment. More dramatic is the fate of girls. We know that 20 million girls in developing countries may never return to school, and that means that they are excluded from life’s opportunities forever — for the duration of their lives. We also have seen during the pandemic gender- based violence rear its ugly head again.”

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7. “My heart goes out to all women bracing against the horrors of war, protecting their children, caring for the wounded and sacrificing for their countries, communities and families. Today, that is the fate of our sisters in Ukraine. We admire their courage. We share their pain. We stand with them. We support them. We know that women bear disproportionately the devastation of wars, and yet we also know that women are the best hope for peace. In the words of Zainab Salbi, like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration as conflict divides. Today I would like to make three points. First, crises, be they conflicts, pandemics or more traditional economic and financial crises, threaten to set back years of progress in gender equality, therefore slowing down progress in development.”

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8. “Ms. Georgieva: I convey my apologies for not being physically present with Council members, but I am so thrilled that, on International Women’s Day, the Security Council has decided to concentrate on the role of women in peace and security. I would like to explicitly recognize Her Excellency Ms. Mariam Almheiri for presiding over today’s meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to Sima Bahous for her leadership of UN-Women, her excellent remarks and our growing collaboration. What we do today matters to the hundreds of millions of women living in conflict and fragility. It is an opportune time to reflect on the strength and power of women in the face of war and destruction. Tragically, in far too many places, that strength is being relentlessly tested.”

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