{
  "id": 15872451,
  "title": "Eighty years, nine men: Why the next UN Secretary General should be a woman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/eighty-years-nine-men-why-the-next-un-secretary-general-should-be-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T09:29:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/eighty-years-nine-men-why-the-next-un-secretary-general-should-be-a-woman-1.500718251"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Since 1946, nine people have led the United Nations as Secretary General. All nine have been men. As the Security Council works through its straw polls to choose the tenth, with António Guterres’s term ending on December 31, 2026, the organisation faces a choice that is about more than one appointment. It is about whether the UN’s highest office will finally reflect the equality the organisation…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}