00:00The most difficult job in the world can be done by a woman.
00:03Yes, as I'm telling you, starting this week, the United Nations
00:08It entered the final stage to choose its next secretary general.
00:12And for the first time in 80 years, there is a real possibility that a woman will reach that position.
00:18Let's use our heads.
00:19The UN was created right after the end of World War II, back in 1945.
00:24Since then, in eight decades, no woman has even come close to leading it.
00:30Even though many of the billions of dollars it moves or the decisions it makes
00:35It has to do with girls, women and their fundamental rights throughout the world.
00:40Things are like this.
00:41The main contender is Michelle Bachelet, a long-time Chilean diplomat
00:46which promises to restore confidence to a world that has lost all faith in the UN.
00:50She was the first woman to become president of Chile and, at 74, has held major positions.
00:57positions such as UN Women or the High Commissioner for Human Rights, also from the United Nations
01:02United.
01:02In addition to being remembered for surviving the wave of enforced disappearances of the
01:07Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship promises to respond to the far right with clear rules and rights
01:12guaranteed.
01:13The other contender is Rebeca Greenspan, a 70-year-old Costa Rican who knows about
01:19housing, economy and society, but also women, rights and how it affects
01:24gender inequality.
01:25In his native Costa Rica, he rose to the vice presidency and headed several ministries.
01:31key, such as the Treasury or some UN commissions on human rights, development
01:35economic or international trade.
01:37Their proposals primarily feature women and children, two of the populations
01:43who suffer so much in the international context, with wars, famines, mass exoduses or
01:49flagrant violations of their rights.
01:51Greenspan says that women, being half of the world's population, should have
01:56a serious voice that listens to them and translates their opinions into concrete actions.
02:01And the third, but not the least important, is an Ecuadorian woman named María Fernanda
02:06Espinoza. He has 30 years of experience in the public and humanitarian sectors and recognizes
02:11How to resolve a disagreement instead of turning into a war
02:16through dialogue.
02:17He plans to translate his experience in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and in the presidency of the Assembly
02:21United Nations General Assembly in decisions that prevent conflicts and promote leadership
02:26of women in the world.
02:27The fact that these three are in the race to lead the UN is considered historic.
02:32Never before had any woman had a real chance of handling the diplomatic reins
02:38in the world. And by doing so, they would be breaking a glass ceiling that remained intact for so long.
02:4380 years old.
02:44Furthermore, she would be a Latin American, something never before seen in the General Secretariat.
02:49of the UN, which would come to control those reins.
02:52But why is this important?
02:54A woman in these positions shows that the path, although difficult, is indeed possible.
02:58Furthermore, it provides millions of girls with a role model that has never existed before.
03:04Whoever arrives at the Executive Secretariat, it will not be easy at all.
03:08They inherit a UN with greatly diminished trust.
03:11And even countries that no longer want to belong to it, such as the United States.
03:15They will also have to build bridges and engage in dialogue in an increasingly polarized world.
03:21And where all 193 member states will have to be heard.
03:25Or there are those who say they will inherit a world consumed by wars, like the one in Ukraine.
03:29or Gaza, and with crises that extend around the world, such as migration and hunger.
03:35or poverty.
03:36And even that they will have to dedicate their diplomatic and political efforts to addressing a world
03:41who increasingly feel the environmental lag.
03:43But there is one task that no one has yet considered: showing that women can indeed occupy the
03:48hardest job in the world.
03:50Do you think world diplomacy will be handled by a woman?
03:53What are the biggest challenges facing the UN and women in the future?
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