John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University
“Georgetown University is proud to support the HeForShe work to empower women and girls and to create conditions for equality, human dignity, and flourishing worldwide.”
Peter M athieson, President & V ice Chancellor of the University of H ong K ong
“ We need culture change, system change, sustainable long-term policy change and the shared commitment to truly make a difference. I will continue to do my best to contribute.”
Paul Boyle, V ice-Chancellor of the University of L eicester
“ Our launch event, marking the inaugural HeForShe #GetFree University Tour in September was a great start. We were delighted to welcome the UN Women team, Rt Honorable Nicky Morgan Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Equalities, 500 staff and students, around 1000 HeForShe commitments from students in 2 days, and 21 of our academics exhibiting their gender related research. We also proudly presented our unique launch ‘ We are HeForShe’
videohttp://www2.le.ac.uk/institution/heforshe”
Seiichi M atsuo, President of Nagoya University
“ I am fully committed to and excited about bringing about social change toward gender equality at every level, and look forward to working together with UN Women and other IMPACT Champion universities, government, and industrial leaders toward this important end.”
Stephen Goss, Pro V ice-Chancellor of Oxford University
“ Oxford is a collegiate university, consisting of the central University and 38 self-governing colleges. It is one of the world’ s oldest universities, but is also an international institution and consistently appears among the top three universities in the world, as measured by its peers. Oxford had 22,348 students as of December 2014, of which 45 per cent are female. Oxford has over 11,000 members of staff. 27 per cent of academic staff are female, as are 45 per cent of researchers – a combined total of 40 per cent. 22 per cent of Professorial staff are female.”
M arco Antonio Zago, President of the University of São Paulo (USP)
“ The University of São Paulo is a powerful instrument to develop long-term transformative changes of behaviors to address social issues such as violence against women and all types of
discrimination.”
Frédéric M ion, President of I nstitut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po University)
“ The fact that our gender equality action plan is supported by HeForShe makes it much easier to promote this message within all decision-making spheres and, consequently, to get our projects up and running faster.”
Samuel L . Stanley, Jr., President of Stony Brook University
“ In our role as a HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 University Champion, we will confront them [ gender equality issues] as an institution, taking the lead for lasting change. It is the willingness to
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address [ gender equality] questions and improve ourselves in the process that will create that change.”
Feridun H amdullahpur, President & V ice Chancellor of the University of W aterloo
“ I am proud that Waterloo is taking the lead for Canada’ s university sector in the global HeForShe effort. [ …] We need to deliberately create clear paths for women to pursue studies in fields like Computer Science, Engineering and Math so we can overcome social barriers that have no place in a 21st century innovation university.”
Adam H abib, Principal & V ice-Chancellor of the University of the W itwatersrand
“ It is a fight to ensure that the role of men in ending gender-based harm is as active participants and not passive observers; it is to ensure that patriarchy and inequality are uprooted; and to ensure that those who benefit from inequitable hierarchies are an equal part of their deconstruction. It is a fight that universities generally, and Wits University specifically, must be part of.”
Watch an archived webcast of the launch of the first HeForShe IMPACT 10X10X10 University Parity Report
About UN Women
UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. For more information, visit www.unwomen.org. UN Women, 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, New York. Tel: + 1 646 781-4400.
Fax: + 1 646 781-4496.
About HeForShe
Created by UN Women, the HeForShe solidarity movement for gender equality provides a systematic approach and targeted platform on which men and boys can engage and become change agents towards the achievement of gender equality. HeForShe invites men and boys to build on the work of the women’s movement as equal partners, crafting and implementing a shared vision of gender equality that will benefit all of humanity. For more information, visithttp://www.heforshe.org/en
About HeForShe I MPACT Champions
I MPACT 10X10X10 engages key decision makers at governments, corporations and universities around the world to drive change from the top. IMPACT Champions make gender equality an institutional priority, committing to real change within and beyond each of their organizations. Each IMPACT Champion implements the HeForShe IMPACT
framework and develops three bold, game-changing commitments to advance and ultimately achieve gender equality for all. Measurement and transparency will be at the heart of these commitments, so successful initiatives can serve as models for the political, corporate and academic world. For more information, visit http://www.heforshe.org/impact
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Media contact Abigail Somma Phone: 646.781.4588
Email: abigail.somma[ at] unwomen.org
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UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. For more information, visit: www.unwomen.org