Slowing gains among women in parliaments as rights are attacked
The averate rate of gains for women-held seats accelerated between 2000 and 2015, but slowed in the last decade.
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a landmark U.N. document for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women worldwide. Adopted in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women, it sets out 12 critical areas of concern to guide policy and action for women's rights.
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Mixed progress cited with 1995 gender goals
Leaders at a high-level U.N. meeting lamented the world's slow progress over the past quarter-century for advancing the rights of women and girls.
U.N. reboots 1995 plan for gender equality
A U.N.-led global commission recommitted the world to achieving gender equality, in a relaunch and update of a quarter-century old landmark agreement.