Beijing Declaration
- Barbara Crossette
- • March 4, 2020
With International Women’s Day, March 8, on the horizon, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres blasted the intractable power of patriarchy, the cause of overwhelming gender injustice and an abuse of historical proportions, in his view. “Just as slavery and…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Women
- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • January 26, 2020
This year will be an urgent moment for the United Nations and its 193 member countries to renew their commitment ensuring women’s equality in all walks of life. Twenty-five years have passed since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for…
- Categories: Gender Violence, US-UN Relations, Women
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • November 18, 2013
Speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the third international conference on family planning, Anne C. Richard, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, urged strong support for United Nations efforts to promote the rights…
- Categories: Health and Population, Women
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