The UN secretary-general should be a woman. More than that, a feminist

Christiana Figueres, one of the six female candidates for the UN top job, with Ban Ki-Moon last year Image: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Winnie Byanyima
Undersecretary-General of the United Nations; Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

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