With strong member state demand, and responding to a push from the UN Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres, to get UNESCO thinking as a “laboratory of ideas” in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO introduced its Online Forum Series, which aims to discuss what the future should look like after the crisis. The first “UNESCO Online Forum: Imagining the World to Come” has given a voice to women, many of whom have gone unheard since the start of the pandemic. UNESCO Director-General Ms. Audrey Azoulay introduced the forum in this video.