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U.N. Leaders Warn of Backlash to Women’s Rights and AI Bias at Beijing+30 Gathering

The session spotlighted stalled progress since 1995, with a renewed push to carry out the Beijing Platform through concrete plans and investment.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a high-level meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres poses for a picture with former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa, former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland, and United Nations Global Advocate for Peace Maryam Bukar Hassan during a high-level meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Overview

  • Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned that a “wave of misogyny” is spreading and said artificial intelligence is evolving in a male-dominated field shaped by biased data that reinforces discrimination.
  • Member states reaffirmed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, building on a new Commission on the Status of Women political declaration to implement it fully and with urgency.
  • UN Women chief Sima Bahous said about 676 million women and girls live within reach of deadly conflict, with wars and crises driving hunger, violence and abuse from Afghanistan to Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen.
  • General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock highlighted persistent leadership gaps, noting the United Nations has never had a female secretary-general and that one in three women experiences sexual violence in her lifetime.
  • Speakers cited legislative rollbacks, online hate and social-media harms to self-image as rising threats, and called for support to women’s organizations and expanded STEM education for girls.