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The implementation of the Platform for Action requires commitment from Governments and the international community. By making national and international commitments for action, including those made at the Conference, Governments and the international community recognize the need to take priority action for the empowerment and advancement of women.
The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was the name given for a conference convened by the United Nations during 4–15 September 1995 in Beijing, China. [ 1 ]
In 1995, the Commission held the Fourth World Conference for Action, better known as the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. [14] This followed three other conferences addressing the needs and rights of women around the world. [15]
The Platform for Action from the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women established that human rights include the right of women freely and without coercion, violence or discrimination, to have control over and make decisions concerning their own sexuality, including their own sexual and reproductive health. [15]
As Jacqui True says, "[m]ainstreaming was established as a global strategy for achieving gender equality, and in turn for achieving sustainable economic development in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action ratified by all United Nations member states. It is now incumbent upon nation-states and international organizations to carry out gender ...
The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action contained an entire chapter focused on women, peace, and security. During the 1990s, the NGO community was increasingly concerned about the negative impacts of war on women, particularly widespread sexual violence seen in civil wars in Bosnia , West Africa, and Rwanda .
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Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (World Conference on Human Rights, 1993) Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (The Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995) Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities (UNESCO, 1998) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (UNESCO, 2001) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...