Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Full Citation:
Fourth World Conference on Women. Beijing, China - September 1995. Action for Equality, Development and Peace. Declaration and Platfrom for Action
1995 September
Web Location:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA... 
Declaration/Plan of Action
Global
Thematic Areas
Access, Inclusion and Participation, Diversity and Pluralism, Social Justice & Democracy
Content, Governance, Uses
Gender
Specific Themes:
Women's Rights
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Women in decision-making
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Women Empowerment
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Violence against Women
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Stereotypes
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International Institutions
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Gender&Media
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Gender Mainstreaming
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Equal Opportunities Short Description / Abstract
The Platform for Action is an agenda for women's empowerment. It aims at accelerating the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and at removing all the obstacles to women's active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making.