Beijing Escorts: Women: Everything is ok and nothing needs to change
This year is the 15th anniversary of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. In 1995, the UN convened the Fourth World Conference on Women. The outcome of the Beijing Conference was the Platform for Action, an agenda for women’s empowerment.
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An impressive 186 States have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The near universal ratification of this key international instrument for women’s rights is a reason for celebration on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary. Violence against women, a critical area in the Beijing Platform for Action, has been increasingly recognised as a key priority in all regions of the world. Many countries have adopted or strengthened legislation on domestic violence, and initiated programmes, policies and awareness raising activities addressing both old and new forms of exploitation and violence against women and girls.
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The areas of critical concern for women identified in Beijing such as the economy, the environment, armed conflict, poverty, decision-making and political participation, as well as violence against women, to give only a few examples, appear more pressing than ever in our current economic and political context.
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