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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, or BPfA is a landmark document for advancing women’s rights and gender equality worldwide, agreed upon during the 4th World Conference on women in 1995.
Sep 15, 1995 · The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted unanimously by 189 countries, was an agenda for women’s empowerment that is now considered the key global policy document on...
Ensure the success of the Platform for Action, which will require a strong commitment on the part of Governments, international organizations and institutions at all levels.
Considered the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action has been reprinted in this special edition, which also includes a copy of the political declaration reached at the 23rd special session of the General Assembly in 2000, which reviewed progress towards the Platform for ...
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. It also laid out concrete ways for countries to bring about change.
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 women's human rights.
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Governments agreed on further actions to accelerate implementation of the Platform for Action and to ensure that commitments for gender equality, development and peace were fully realized.
The Platform for Action requires immediate and concerted action by all to create a peaceful, just and humane world based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the principle of...
25 years in review of the Beijing Platform for Action. 01 January 2020. This booklet looks at the different contributions to the platform made by the 7 independent expert mechanisms mandated to address discrimination and gender-based violence against women and girls.
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women. It is also a reference framework for analysing the status of women worldwide, and assessing States’ efforts in support of women’s empowerment.
