“I think we should remember, with the United Nations just having adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, that one of those goals is to achieve gender equality with a target, in particular, for women to gain equal rights to economic resources and access to ownership and control over property.  And property, of course, includes intellectual property.”

I, Francis Gurry, support the GGC Panel Parity Pledge.

As the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), I commit to also undertake the following:

• Ensure that at least five senior staff members attend a workshop on unconscious bias within a year.
• Provision of individualized support for career and professional development to a maximum of ten women per year, at P3, P4 and P5 levels, prioritizing those with supervisory responsibilities.