The year 2020 is a critical year for advancing gender equality globally and locally. It is 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security; and the 10th anniversary of the establishment of UN Women. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will have a week of action and celebration in the week before International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th of March.