Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a landmark global policy framework adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women that outlines comprehensive commitments to advance gender equality and women’s rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations document ⓘ
global action plan ⓘ
international policy framework ⓘ
women’s rights framework ⓘ
addresses education and training of women ⓘ
human rights of women ⓘ
institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women ⓘ
the girl child ⓘ
violence against women ⓘ
women and armed conflict ⓘ
women and health ⓘ
women and poverty ⓘ
women and the economy ⓘ
women and the environment ⓘ
women and the media ⓘ
women in power and decision-making ⓘ
adoptedAt Fourth World Conference on Women ⓘ
adoptedBy 189 governments ⓘ
United Nations Member States ⓘ
adoptedByBody Fourth World Conference on Women plenary ⓘ
adoptedInCity Beijing ⓘ
adoptedInCountry China ⓘ
adoptedInYear 1995 ⓘ
adoptedOnDate 1995-09-15 ⓘ
aimsTo achieve gender equality ⓘ
eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls ⓘ
promote and protect the human rights of women and girls ⓘ
remove obstacles to women’s active participation in all spheres of public and private life ⓘ
callsFor collection of sex-disaggregated data ⓘ
elimination of gender-based violence ⓘ
equal access to education for girls and women ⓘ
equal access to health care for women ⓘ
national action plans for gender equality ⓘ
strengthening national machineries for the advancement of women ⓘ
women’s full participation in decision-making at all levels ⓘ
conferenceOrganizedBy United Nations ⓘ
emphasizes mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes ⓘ
women’s empowerment ⓘ
followUpProcess Beijing+10 review ⓘ
Beijing+15 review ⓘ
Beijing+20 review ⓘ
Beijing+5 review ⓘ
geographicScope global ⓘ
hasPart Beijing Declaration ⓘ
Platform for Action ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
linkedTo Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ
monitoredBy Commission on the Status of Women ⓘ
numberOfCriticalAreasOfConcern 12 ⓘ
policyArea development ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
peace and security ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
recognizedAs landmark document on gender equality ⓘ
setsOut strategic objectives and actions for the advancement of women ⓘ
sponsoredBy United Nations ⓘ

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Commonwealth Women’s Forum → linkedToAgenda → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action → hasPart → Beijing Declaration ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
DAW → follows → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
INSTRAW → operatesWithinFrameworkOf → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Commission on the Status of Women → usesFramework → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
World Conference on Women → hasOutcome → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
World Conference on Women 1995 → hasOutcome → Beijing Declaration ⓘ
subject linked to: World Conference on Women
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Commonwealth Gender Equality Policy → alignedWith → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Executive Director of UN Women → associatedWith → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
Platform for Action → fullName → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Platform for Action → associatedWith → Beijing Declaration ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Platform for Action → monitoredThrough → Beijing+10 review ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Platform for Action → monitoredThrough → Beijing+15 review ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Target 5.c → isLinkedTo → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
United Nations system for gender equality → basedOn → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
United Nations system for gender equality → includesFramework → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Target 5.6 → isGuidedBy → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
UN Security Council resolutions on Women, Peace and Security → isLinkedTo → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa → basedOn → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
African Union Gender Policy → alignedWith → Beijing Platform for Action ⓘ
linked to: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
International Women's Day → relatedTo → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ
Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women → predecessorOf → Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ⓘ