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| President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia delivers her address at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 22 September 2025. Photo: UN Women / Ryan Brown |
By Atinuke Adeosun
On September 22, 2025, the halls of the United Nations Headquarters in New York carried the weight of history and the urgency of now. The world had gathered to mark thirty years since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, where global leaders first agreed to an ambitious blueprint for gender equality.