The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development & Peace, Sept. 4-15, 1995, was convened by the United Nations at the Beijing International Conference Center. Government delegates will meet for two weeks to work on a Platform for Action aimed at achieving greater equality and opportunity for women. The three previous World Conferences were in Mexico City (International Women's Year, 1975), Copenhagen (1980) and Nairobi (1985)
Women leaders attending the Beijing Conference on Women speak from the heart and tell of their efforts to improve conditions for women in Zimbabwe, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Iran, the Philippines, Israel, the Solomon Islands, and the United States. The Beijing Platform for Action was signed by 189 nations. Although not perfect, it is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.
189 Nations signing the Platform for Action promised to address these critical issues of concern:
Women and poverty
Education and training
Women and health
Violence against women
Women and armed conflict
Women and the economy
Women in power and decision making
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
The human rights of women
Women and the Media
Women and the environment
The girl child
More information on Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women, 15 September 1995.