The empowerment of rural women and girls is essential to building a prosperous, equitable and peaceful future for all on a healthy planet. It is needed for achieving gender equality, ensuring decent work for all, eradicating poverty and hunger and taking climate action.
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Secretary General Antonio Guterres meeting with Ms. Helen La Lime (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti). 5th September 2018. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

In the photo, Gonave Island situated in the gulf by the same name along the western coast of Haiti. © Stefan Falk / UN / MINUJUSTH Support Centre, 2018