Women underrepresented at U.N.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that despite some advancement, women are still largely underrepresented at the United Nations.
Women make up less than 40 percent of all “professional and higher level positions” at the UN, Annan’s office said.
The good news? The UN does have a goal to achieve a 50-50 gender balance at all levels, and the percentage of women in the Secretariat has increased by almost 2% this year–which sounds paltry, but infact is the largest gain since 1998.
Check out Annan’s full report: The Improvement of the Status of Women in the U.N. System.