25th anniversary of Fourth World Conference on Women
October 8 , 2020 1419 days 877 0
In 2020, the global community will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was the name given for a conference convened by the United Nations during September 1995 in Beijing, China.
At this conference, governments from around the world agreed on a comprehensive plan to achieve global legal equality, known as the Beijing Platform for Action.
First World Conference on Women was held in 1975 at Mexico City and followed by Copenhagen and Nairobi.