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UN-Women Released ‘Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing’

Posted 07 Mar 2025

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An image showing progress since Beijing Platform For Action  (launched in 1995).

Report reviews global progress on the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), adopted by 189 countries (including India) in 1995 to advance gender equality across 12 key areas.

  • BPfA was adopted by the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (China).

Key Challenges for Women Highlighted in Report 

  • Economic Inequality: Women earn 20% less, with many in insecure, unpaid jobs. Ending extreme poverty for women will take 137 years.
  • Violence & Safety: 1 in 3 women face physical or sexual violence.  53% experience online gender-based abuse. 25% countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024. 
  • Political Exclusion: Only 87 countries have had a woman leader. Women hold 27% of parliamentary and 36% of local seats.
  • Climate Crisis: By 2050, 236 million women may face food insecurity due to climate change.
  • Gender-Responsive Policies: 54% of countries track gender equality spending, but only 26% meet SDG standards for it.

Way Ahead: Beijing+30 Action Agenda

UN Women’s Beijing+30 Action Agenda focuses on 6+1 key (“+1” emphasizes youth inclusion in these efforts) actions for gender equality:

  • Close the digital gender gap
  • Women centric sustainable economic development
  • End violence against women
  • Increase women’s leadership
  • Ensure accountability in peace, security and humanitarian action;
  • Promote climate justice
  • Tags :
  • Pact for the Future
  • BPfA
  • Generation Equality Forum
  • UN-Women
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