Positive steps have been taken. For example, in 2006, female Foreign Minister...

Positive steps have been taken. For example, in 2006, female Foreign Ministers and other highranking
officials from around the world, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
formed the Women Leaders' Working Group. The Group works to ensure that the issues of
women's political participation, access to justice, economic empowerment, poverty reduction,
combating violence against women, and women in conflict and post-conflict situations get highlevel
international attention. And this has made efforts to promote the appointment of senior
women as Special Representatives of the Secretary-General and Special Envoys.