In the quest for gender equality, В поисках гендерного равенства it feels as though every step forward is followed by two steps back. In the grip В тисках of war, global pandemics and climate change, the world has not become safer for women and girls. And the hard-won progress made by women's rights movements around the world faces a reversal. разворот. A pushback. Increasing assaults нападения on women's right to make decisions about their own bodies. Mounting obstacles to girls' education and leadership. Rising cases of disappearances and of women being killed just for being women.

Violence against women and girls, online or offline, cannot and will not go unchecked. Now's our moment to add momentum импульс to the growing movement against violence, oppression угнетение and repression. подавление Against the pushback, we push forward. By using our votes to elevate more women, at every level, into positions of power. By enshrining закрепляющий the right to freedom of choice and education. By protecting disempowered  бесправный communities and advocating for survivors' rights. And by taking action to end all violence against women and girls. The only way forward is forward.