The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPA), adopted on Sept. 15, 1995, at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, aims to advance gender equality and empower women globally.

We, the Governments participating in the Fourth World Conference on Women, Gathered here in Beijing in September 1995, the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations ...

A report of the Secretary General: Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly entitled Women 2000 ...

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The "She Power: Women Rising, The Era Progressing" event was held in Beijing on Saturday, bringing together female entrepreneurs, diplomats, and academics who shared their experiences and ...

The declaration — approved by consensus and a bang of the gavel by the chair of the Commission on the Status of Women — coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Beijing women’s conference ...

Pregnant women and newborns in Beijing carry blood lithium levels up to 20 times higher than those in a comparable industrial city in central China, an alarming new study has revealed. The ...

Attendants carry tea before the opening ceremony of the Twentieth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Thoms Peter/Reuters ...

The 189 countries that attended a 1995 Beijing women’s conference adopted a landmark declaration and 150-page platform for action to achieve gender equality, calling for bold action in 12 areas ...