 | Marguerite Guzman Bouvard - 1996 - 356 pages
...in human rights as well as the German and Scandinavian governments. That dream became a reality for the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995, when two trains began their journey from Warsaw and Berlin, respectively, ten days before the conference... | |
 | George C. Denniston, Marilyn Fayre Milos - 1997 - 264 pages
...reaffirmed the call for the elimination of violence against women. iocluding female genital mutilation. The Fourth World Conference on Women. held in Beijing in September 1995. witnessed the international awareness about violence against women. in general. and female genital... | |
 | Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern, Gerhard Hafner - 1998 - 916 pages
...FURTHER STEP TOWARDS STRENGTHEN1NG OF WOMEN'S HUMAN R1GHTS1 1 1NTRODUCT1ON Lilly Sucharipa-Behrmann' At the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995 governments committed themselves to support the elaboration of a draft optional protocol to the Convention... | |
 | Barend Van Der Heijden, Bahia Tahzib, Nederland / Ministerie van Buite - 1998 - 356 pages
...international levels should be further strengthened.' The gender aspect of poverty was further highlighted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995. The Human Development Report, published annually by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),... | |
 | Colin Mackerras, Donald Hugh McMillen, Andrew Watson - 1998 - 296 pages
...It was also heavily involved in the promotion of Chinese women's rights in the period leading up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995. Major government documents in which it played a major role included the February 1994 Report of the... | |
 | Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber, Beth B. Hess - 1999 - 542 pages
...alternatives. Many of the above-named organizations were involved in the myriad preparatory activities for the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995 and the parallel Forum of Non-governmental Organizations; some were also involved with preparations... | |
 | Academy of European Law - 1999 - 260 pages
...meetings on human rights. Furthermore, he attempted to ensure that the negotiations in the context of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995, respected the international standards on human rights rather than detracting from them.65 Although... | |
 | Doreen Marie Indra - 1999 - 422 pages
...world. Concerning refugees in Africa, we are a long way from fulfilling the goals of the Platform of Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995, which states: Equality between women and men is a matter of human rights and a condition for... | |
 | Shiyan Chao - 1999 - 94 pages
...areas of concern and monitor progress. Chapter 1 THE RATIONALE FOR GENDERSENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT POLICY The Fourth World Conference on Women (held in Beijing in September 1995) focused attention on gender issues in Ghana. Ghanaian women had benefited from past economic growth,... | |
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Women's empowerment was the principal subject of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995. The Conference's final declaration, although not binding on governments, does give women's issues new visibility. 
