Fourth World Conference on Women

Beijing, China - September 1995
Action for Equality, Development and Peace

PLATFORM FOR ACTION

Table of contents:

Mission Statement
Global Framework
Critical Areas of Concern
Strategic Objectives and Actions:

• Women and Poverty
  
• Education and Training of Women
  
• Women and Health
  
• Violence against Women
  
• Women and Armed Conflict
  
• Women and the Economy
• Women in Power and Decision-making
  
• Institutional Mechanism for the Advancement of Women
  
• Human Rights of Women
  
• Women and the Media
  
• Women and the Environment
  
• The Girl-child

Institutional Arrangements
Financial Arrangements

Other UN Conferences that addressed Women's Issues:

Habitat II, Istanbul, 1996

World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 1995

International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994

UN Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 1993

UN Conference on Environment (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, 1992