News:To mark 25 years of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, Ministry of Women & Child Development(MWCD) has organized a National Consultation on the Review of Beijing+25.
Facts:
About Beijing Platform for Action:
- The Beijing Declaration was a resolution adopted by the United Nations(UN) at the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995.
- The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women.
- It covers 12 key critical matters of concern and areas for action considered to represent the main obstacles in women empowerment.