Students from Fatima Jinnah Women University celebrated UN Day with female ambassadors, heads of cooperation agencies and heads of UN agencies. Some 120 students got a chance to interact with the speakers in small groups, hear their stories, ask questions and be inspired.

On 13 September 2017, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, launched his new strategy on gender parity, as a start to a system-wide campaign to advance this priority at the United Nations. Gender equality is central to the 2030 Agenda of for Sustainable Development, the global plan agreed by leaders of all countries to meet the challenges we face. However according to the statistics, globally, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men for work of equal value. The gap is even wider when it comes to the presence of women in the leadership roles. The number of women decreases as the seniority level of the role increases.

United Nations Information Centre planned this event on UN day to introduce young women of FJWU with positive female role models, holding leadership positions in their respective organizations. In order to keep the discussion informal and interactive, students were divided into eight groups, while each group was led by a speaker. The dialogue proved to be a learning experience for the students as well as the speakers who better understood the worldview and unique challenges faced by young Pakistani Women after the conversation.

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