In September 1995, 189 UN member states adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPfA). This was a statement of political commitment to ensure the full implementation of the human rights of women and girls. As shown in this document, Amnesty International’s focus areas for the Beijing+15 review of the implementation of the BDPfA are the need to create a consolidated UN women’s entity, to remove obstacles to justice for survivors of sexual violence, and to fulfil the rights of critical concern to reducing maternal deaths improving maternal health.
Beijing+15: Realizing women’s rights
Topics
- Afghanistan
- Armed Conflict
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chad
- Children
- Discrimination
- Human Rights Defenders and Activists
- Indigenous People
- International Organizations
- Justice Systems
- LGBTI Rights
- Liberia
- Maternal Health and Reproductive Rights
- Nicaragua
- Peru
- Research
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Sexual Violence
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Tajikistan
- Torture and other ill-treatment
- UN
- United States of America
- Women and Girls
- Women's Rights
- Yemen