On the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women's annual meeting and during an Every Woman Every Child event at U.N. headquarters, Women Deliver presented the first-ever 'Delivering for Girls and Women' award to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Women Deliver is a leading global advocacy organization for the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women. The Women Deliver award was created to recognize true visionaries for game-changing efforts that move the needle forward for girls and women, and to initiatives, like Every Woman Every Child, that will lead to significant progress in the future.

"While I am honored to receive this award, the true champions are fighting on the frontlines for health rights every day," remarked the Secretary-General.

"The UN Secretary-General has helped propel gender equality and girls' and women's health, rights and wellbeing to the forefront of the global agenda and into the SDGs," said Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver.

At the event the UN Secretary-General called all stakeholders to make a new commitment to Every Woman Every Child.