# Women's rights are human rights, with Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda - ASG and Deputy Exec. Director of UN Women

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Podcast: [Awake At Night](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564)
Published: 2025-02-07T09:03:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s10-nyaradzayi-gumbonzvanda-usg-womens-rights-are-human-rights
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Having grown up in war-torn rural Zimbabwe, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda overcame extreme hardship to pursue a career at the highest levels of the United Nations. Now UN Assistant Secretary-General, and one of two deputy executive directors of UN Women, she wants little girls everywhere to aspire to the same heights. " Peace is a prerequisite. It's so critical for development… for unleashing the potential of the little girls. Peace is so important for enabling mothers, widows to give the best they can." UN Women works to uphold women's human rights and ensure that every woman and girl lives up to her full potential. In this episode, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda reflects on a childhood touched by war, poverty and disease, on a lifelong love of learning, and on how a recent accident gave her a new perspective on inequality. "Never let your circumstances determine your future. They are just a stepping stone to who you truly are."

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