The international community will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the beijing platform for action, a fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995. In the context of the twentieth anniversary of the fourth world conference on women and the adoption of the filesize. The disappointing gap between the norms and implementation of the beijing platform for action points to a collective failure of. States report on the implementation of the beijing declaration and platform for action in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the fourth world conference on women and the adoption of the beijing declaration and platform for action, 2015. The beijing declaration and platform for action of 1995 is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women. Changing unwanted stereotypes and strengthening resilience of. The secretarygenerals report makes this very clear. Action on the beijing declaration and platform of action. Beijing declaration and platform for action, including current challenges that affect its. Beijing declaration and platform for action september 15, 19 95 beijing declaration the governments participating in the fourth world conference on women the conference, gathered in beijing in september 1995, seek to advance the goals of equality, development, and peace for all women. Action for equality, development and peace was the name given for a conference convened by the united nations during 415 september 1995 in beijing, china. In the beijing declaration and platform for action bpfa, states affirmed women and.
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The global framework set the scene as in 1995 and then leads into 12 critical areas of concernseach of which is broken down into its strategic objectives and actions a women and poverty persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women a. National action plan on women, peace, and security to support womens voices and perspectives in decisionmaking in countries threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity. The present report is a synthesis of the secretarygenerals report ecn. Millennium development goals and beijing declaration. The contact person for the process from escwa is ms.
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The beijing declaration and platform for action, adopted at the uns fourth world conference on women beijing, china, 1995, at which ireland participated, is an agenda for womens empowerment. Although the beijing platform for action bpfa was established 25 years ago, many of the challenges identified in 1995 remain relevant today such as the gender pay gap, unequal distribution of unpaid work or experiences of genderbased violence, to name just a few. We, the governments participating in the fourth world conference on women. Beijing and platform for action political declaration outcome. The 12 areas of critical concern of the beijing platform for action are. How the platform for action changed our lives, and how womens lives have changed since the platform for action suzette mitchell gender specialist at the australian council for overseas aid acfoa and an executive member of the australian council for women acw in the lead. An unprecedented 17000 participants and 30000 activists streamed into beijing for the opening of the fourth world conference on women in september 1995. It aims at removing all the obstacles to womens active participation in all spheres of public and private life through ensuring women a full and.
Beijing platform for action contains a strategic objective to reduce excessive military expenditures and control the availability of armaments. The governments acknowledge the diverse voices of women. It still remains today the most comprehensive global policy framework and blueprint for action, and is a current source of guidance and inspiration to realize gender equality and the human rights of women and girls, everywhere. Introduction the beijing declaration and platform for action bpfa is an international agreement on womens rights set up at the fourth world conference on women, held in beijing in 1995. The commission on the status of women issued a declaration pdf, 2 pages in 2005, which reaffirms the beijing declaration and platform for action and calls for full commitment to its implementation. This introduction revisits the promises of the beijing conference and reflects on how these have materialised amidst broader changes in the political economy of development. Beijing platform for action and its 12 critical areas of concern. The 1995 beijing platform for action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action was needed to ensure greater equality and opportunities for women and men, girls and boys. The fiftyninth session of the commission on the status of women csw will take place at united nations headquarters, new york, in march 2015. The adoption of the beijing declaration and the platform for action in 1995 was an important step in developing a comprehensive international policy framework on womens human rights.
Beijing platform for action and its 12 critical areas of. Platform for action and the twentythird special session of the general. The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women. Beijing declaration and platform for action the fourth world conference on women, having met in beijing from 4 to 15 september 1995, 1. Beijing declaration and platform for action resolution 1. The beijing platform for action included 12 critical areas of concern including womens human rights and. Social norms and transformative change in the beijing platform for action the beijing platform foresaw what data and research would later prove. Main advances in implementation of the beijing platform for action. Fourth world conference on women, and subsequently endorsed by the. Review, adopt and maintain macroeconomic policies and development strategies that.