Nordics defend gender equality and reproductive rights, as UN embarks on downsizing

The UN Population Fund UNFPA and UN Women, two UN agencies where Nordics are top providers of core funding, have been singled out to be merged first as part of the UN80 reform process. Following the UN Secretary General’s presentation of the sweeping UN reform plan this week in New York, Danish Ambassador Erik Laursen said sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality must be protected.