Lynn Hastings

UN General Assembly hears briefing on UN80 Initiative on May 28, 2026. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe. The UN secretary-general’s UN80 initiative was initially intended to mark and celebrate the UN’s 80th anniversary but quickly became the moniker for UN reform. Much has been written about the initiative, and the UN publishes regular updates on its website.

The UN secretary-general’s UN80 initiative was initially intended to mark and celebrate the UN’s 80th anniversary but quickly became the moniker for UN reform. Much has been written about the initiative, and the UN publishes regular updates on its website. Of UN80’s three workstreams—efficiencies in the UN Secretariat, the mandate implementation review, and structural changes […]

It may seem like a dissonant moment to have a ministerial conference on feminist foreign policy (FFP) given the well-funded and growing backlash against women’s rights and a recent wave of prominent countries abandoning their FFPs. However, to many, including the global feminist civil society…