æɾ ɐn ᵻvˈɛnt ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk sˈɪɾi ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈɪftiːn, dˈɛpjuːɾi sˈɛkɹətɹidʒˈɛnɚɹəl ʌvðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd nˈeɪʃənz, dʒˈæn ᵻlˈɪæsən, dᵻlˈɪvɚd ɐ mˈɛsɪdʒ fɹʌm sˈɛkɹətɹidʒˈɛnɚɹəl bˈæn kˈaɪmˈuːn ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː sˈɛd, "lˈɛt ˌʌs... ɪntˈɛnsᵻfˌaɪ ˌaʊɚɹ ˈɛfɚts tə pɹəvˈaɪd ˈæfɹɪkəz wˈɪmɪn wɪð bˈɛɾɚɹ ˈæksɛs tʊ ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən, wˈɜːk ænd hˈɛlθkɛɹ ænd, baɪ dˌuːɪŋ sˈoʊ, ɐksˈɛlɚɹˌeɪt ˈæfɹɪkəz tɹænsfoːɹmˈeɪʃən".
At an event in New York City in 2015, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson, delivered a message from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in which he said, "Let us... intensify our efforts to provide Africa's women with better access to education, work and healthcare and, by doing so, accelerate Africa's transformation".