Journey to the Summit of the Future - Episode 3 - Adriana Quiñones

Is multilateralism intersectional? Episode 3 of the Journey to the Summit of the Future features Adriana Quiñones, Head of Human Rights and Development and Deputy Director at the UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva. 

Quiñones shares what intersectionality means at UN Women, and how working through an intersectional lens can ensure more inclusive, comprehensive and effective global governance. She addresses how UN Women is using an intersectional approach to work towards gender equality and shares her view on how we can really achieve inclusive and accountable multilateralism, as proposed in Shift One of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.  

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Resources 

Our Common Agenda: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda 
Summit of the Future 2024: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda/summit-of-the-future   
UN Women Intersectionality Research Guide and Toolkit: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/01/intersectionality-resource-guide-and-toolkit  
UN Women – Intersectional feminism: what it means and why it matters: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/6/explainer-intersectional-feminism-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters  
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/01/beijing-declaration