Beijing Conference

• The United Nations Fourth World

Conference on Women
• NGO Forum
• September 1995, Beijing
• 189 countries
• 36,000 + 8,000 women
 Beijing Conference: Objectives
• Review and appraise the advancement of
women since Nairobi, 1985
• Mobilize women and men on both the
policy-making and grass-root levels to
achieve the Nairobi objectives
• Platform for Action
• Determine the priority actions 1996-2001
 The Platform for Action
• Created at the Beijing Conference
• Identifies 12 “critical areas of concern”
considered to represent the main obstacles
to women’s advancement
• Defines strategic objectives and spells out
actions to be taken over the next 5 years by
governments, the international community,
NGOs, and the private sector
 Platform for Action
Issues Addressed
• Poverty • Decision-Making
• Education & Training • Institutional
• Health Mechanisms
• Violence • Human Rights
• Armed Conflict • Media
• Economy • Environment
• The Girl-Child