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Women's agenda in the UN: To Beijing and beyond

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Women's agenda in the UN: to Beijing & Beyond has some basic information on the UN system.The UN based on Shirkat Gah's experience of leading the Beijing+5 review process in Pakistan.This kit provides information on the existing processes and how NGOs can intervene/participate in the review - whether they choose to stay at home, participate in the UN processes or engage exclusively in the NGO events and forums. The advancement of women and the achievement of equality between women and men are a matter of human rights and a condition for social justice and should not be seen in isolation as a women's issue. They are the only way to build a sustainable, just and developed society. Empowerment of women and equality between women and men are prerequisites for achieving political, social, economic, cultural and environmental security among all peoples.1 The United Nations' Fourth Women's Conference, held from September 4 through September 15, 1995, will go down in history as one of the largest global conferences of women.2 The message of the conference was described by one attendee as "[s]ee[ing] the world through women's eyes. ' At the conference, 45,000 women from around the world gathered together4 and drafted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, an agenda for women's empowerment. The Beijing Declaration memorialized a commitment to eradicate the increasing burden of poverty on women by addressing the structural causes of poverty and recognizing that social justice requires that women both are involved in the policy-making process and benefit from policies designed to aid the poor.5 It is vital that the increasing burden of poverty on women is eradicated since, globally, one-fourth of households are headed by women or dependent on female income.6 Furthermore, these households are often among the poorest because of the dramatic impact of childrearing responsibilities, wage discrimination, and housing discrimination.

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KP.II-00172

GEN.VII.80 SHA w

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KP.II.SHA w

Publisher

Pakistan : Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre., 2004

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90 Hal.; 24 cm

Language

English

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KP.II.

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Edition

March 2004

Subject(s)

women's Agenda in the UN
the UN Beijing+5
Un Conference

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