World leaders, change-makers, activists and celebrities take center stage at UN Women's HeForShe event hosted at the MoMA in New York City to mark the second anniversary of the HeForShe movement

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To mark the second anniversary of UN Women's HeForShe Initiative, IMPACT 10x10x10 Champions: His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland; Bob Moritz, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited; and Samuel L. Stanley Jr., President of Stony Brook University, will host an evening reception at the Museum of Modern Art, bringing together world leaders, change-makers, activists and celebrities at the forefront of the HeForShe movement. Since September 2014, more than 1.3 million boys and men have so far joined HeForShe, a solidarity movement for gender equality.

The evening reception will be held the same day as the launch of the first HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 University Parity report, which is the first progress report since 10 global universities publicly announced bold commitments to achieve gender parity by 2020.

Photos from the events will be available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/heforshe/

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About UN Women
UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. For more information, visit www.unwomen.org

About UN Women HeForShe
Created by UN Women, the HeForShe solidarity movement for gender equality provides a systematic approach and targeted platform on which men and boys can engage and become change agents towards the achievement of gender equality. HeForShe invites men and boys to build on the work of the women's movement as equal partners, crafting and implementing a shared vision of gender equality that will benefit all of humanity.

Calvin Klein Inc, is a Title Sponsor of the HeForShe Initiative. For more information, visit: www.HeForShe.org

CONTACT: Abigail Somma, 646.781.4588, [email protected], [email protected]

SOURCE UN Women HeForShe