Over the past week 130 world leaders spoke at the UN - where were the women?

Amina J. Mohammed, UN Assistant Secretary-General attends the Global Citizen Concert in New York, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Over the past week 130 world leaders and more than 50 ministers addressed the annual high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, but fewer than 12% of those to stand at the lectern were women.

"We have to be courageous enough ... to call people out, delegation by delegation, when you meet them," U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told reporters on Tuesday after the last country had spoken in the 193-member General Assembly.