Special Focus – Women’s rights at Beijing+20
As we recently celebrated International Women’s Day and Beijing+20 at the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, where do we stand today on progress made with regards to the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action? Signed in 1995, the Platform is a historic roadmap and to date it remains the most comprehensive roadmap for action for women’s rights. The Commission on the Status of Women that took place from 9-20 March in New York was an opportunity for leaders to formulate concrete actions to step up their efforts, and accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment worldwide. This [Special_Focus#Special_Focus_-_current|Special Focus] focuses on media news articles and blogs related to the topic. See also the OECD Development Centre’s recently published papers: “Living up to Beijing’s vision of gender equality: Social norms and transformative change” and “Can social media effectively include women’s voices in decision-making processes?“.
Special focus in the news
- In Focus: Beijing at 20 (UN Women)
- What is the millennium development goal on gender equality all about? (The Guardian 26.03.2015)
- Beijing+20 hears genders stats are ‘gaining momentum’ (SciDevNet 24.03.2015)
- Africa: Beijing+20 Hears Genders Stats Are ‘Gaining Momentum’ (All Africa 24.03.2015)
- CSW59 –Beijing Betrayed (AWID 20.03.2015)
- Press release: Governments Endorse New Roles for Women’s Commission (UN Women 20.03.2015)
- Beijing+20 review: “Older women must not remain invisible” (Scoop.nz 13.03.2015)
- The Persistent Global Gender Gap in 5 Maps (National Georgraphic 12.03.2015)
- Awake to the challenge: African women’s leadership at Beijing+20 (Open Democracy 12.03.2015)
- #Planet5050 Calls for Gender Equality by 2030 (BlogHer 12.03.2015)
- Africa: Secretary-General, At Event Commemorating Beijing+20, Tells International Community to ‘Step It Up’ for Gender Equality, Female Empowerment (AllAfrica 10.03.2015)
- Adopting political declaration, UN urges world to ‘step it up’ to ensure gender equality by 2030 (UN NEws 09.03.2015)
- Activists blast ‘bland’ UN declaration as step backwards for women’s rights The Guardian (09.03.2015)
- UN’s 59th session on the status of women kicks off in NY (France 24 09.03.2015)
- Fresh vista for women emancipation, empowerment (The Guardian Nigeria 08.03.2015)
- Where are we on women’s rights 20 years after Beijing Platform for Action? (Middle East Monitor 07.03.2015)
- What’s the status of women’s rights 20 years after Beijing? (PRI 06.03.2015)