Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Eka Tkeshelashvili explain how a female leader would bolster the organization’s legitimacy and signal a capacity for reform.
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Apr 15, 2026
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Eka Tkeshelashvili
As United Nations member states prepare to elect a new secretary-general, they should break with precedent and choose a woman. This would not be a corrective gesture or a form of symbolic representation, but rather a strategic acknowledgment that leadership selection must reflect the realities of contemporary governance.
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