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Sandra Eleta (Panama), La servidumbre, 1978-79. Between 30 June and 2 July 2021, the United Nations and other multilateral organisations held the Generation Equality Forum in Paris (France). The forum was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out at the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995). Re-reading the Beijing Platform shows that rather than advance the cause of justice and equality, many countries have slipped backwards. Critical areas of concern to be addressed included the following: The burden of poverty on women. ...

By: Joanne Lu on June 29, 2021 On Wednesday, tens of thousands of people from around the world will gather in Paris and online for UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum to kick off five years of action toward gender equality. According to organizers, the Forum is the “most significant global feminist movement since 1995, when leaders gathered in Beijing to launch the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.” Co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the three-day event will address the gaps from the ...

Everything Zoomer Some of the gains in women’s rights made in Beijing in 1995 have been rolled back, says UN Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who adds, “I am hopeful and I can see things moving forward.” Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival/Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka More than a quarter-century after 189 states pledged to improve the lives of women at the United Nations Beijing conference in 1995, no country can claim gender equality. And with the United Nations Generation Equality Forum kicking off today (June 30) through July 2, we revisit our 2020 sto...

The Covid-19 Pandemic and Violence Against Women in Asia and the Pacific Format 28 June 2021 In the background of the global public health and economic turmoil of the Covid-19 pandemic lurks another crisis: rising rates of violence against women (VAW). This paper provides a preliminary understanding of how the Covid-19 pandemic influences the prevalence of VAW within Asia and the Pacific. CONTACT Introduction In the background of the global public health and economic turmoil of the Covid-19 pandemic lurks another crisis: rising rates of violence against women (VAW). The true extent of VAW ami...

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