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Summary: The United Nations turns 75 this year. To celebrate, the UN is instead embarking on a listening tour. Today, I talk to Michelle Milford Morse, the UN Foundation’s Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy. She explains the significance of a key document called the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. We discuss progress and the lack there of on gender equality since that document, including how COVID-19 is impacting gender equality. Then, a consultation on the future of gender equality begins.