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Declaration. 1. We, the Governments participating in the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2. gathered here in Beijing in September 1995, the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, 3. determined to advance the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in the interest of all humanity,
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is widely known as the most progressive blueprint for advancing women's rights. The framework covers 12 areas of concern: Women and the environment; Women in power and decision making; The girl child; Women and the economy; Women and poverty; Violence against women; Human rights of women
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]
First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton during her speech in Beijing, China. " Women's rights are human rights " is a phrase used in the feminist movement . The phrase was first used in the 1980s and early 1990s.
At the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women, the UN adopted the Beijing Declaration on 15 September 1995 – a resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning gender equality. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSRC 1325), which was adopted on 31 October 2000, deals with the rights and protection of ...
The Beijing Declaration was signed at the closing ceremony of a reconciliation dialogue among the factions held in China's capital from July 21-23, state broadcaster CCTV said.
BEIJING — Senior representatives from Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a joint declaration in China’s capital Beijing on Tuesday aimed at building unity and ending a decades-long ...
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, a 1791 text authored by Olympe de Gouges; Women's Declaration of Rights, an 1876 declaration; Women's Declaration on Population Policies, a 1994 declaration; Beijing Declaration, a 1995 declaration; Declaration on Women's Rights, a 2020 declaration in support of gender equality