During the 1995 historical event in the Chinese capital, the countries met and adopted the Beijing declaration – A BluePrint document to advance women’s rights (read Our explanator, here).
During the high -level celebration event on Monday, countries, civil society organizations and representatives of the academic world and the private sector explained how to accelerate its implementation.
“For so many of us here in this room, we occupy positions that we were ourselves young, we seemed inaccessible, but are now almost normal for the next generation,” said Annalena Baerbock, referring to the idea that “Women’s Rights are Human Rights ”. – The rally cry of first lady Hillary Clinton 30 years ago in Beijing.
Most ambitious commitment
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, described the declaration as “the most ambitious global political commitment to the rights of women never carried out”, adding that it has helped to advance legal protection, political participation and education to women worldwide.
Executive director of the gender equality agency United Nations SIMA BAHHE Note that girls are much more likely to finish school today, than any other moment in history.
The number of women in Parliament has almost doubled and nearly 100 discriminatory laws have been reversed worldwide over the past five years only.
“” Each step forward turned out to be the same truth: gender equality works“Said Ms. Bahous.But progress has not been fast enough. “”
‘More promises’
A new report UN women released earlier this month revealed that none of gender equality Sustainable development objectives are on the right track. In addition, 676 million women and girls are now living under the shadow of a deadly conflict – the highest recorded since the 1990s.
Cecilia Suárez, United Nations World Defender for the UN projectors’ initiativeA revolutionary program designed to put an end to violence against women and girls, said that it had shown “it is possible to produce positive and concrete results in this fight”.
“” What is required is the leadership of those who met here. Leadership that promotes reforms“, She added.
Speaking about the many women of the world who continue to experience injustice, the human rights activist and Yezidian survivor of terrorist sexual traffickers, Nadia Muradcalled on the international community to finance female organizations on the front line, guarantee the participation of women in peace and security and to hold responsible authors.
“” The next generation of women and girls deserves to inherit more promises, but the reality of justice, equality and dignity“Said Ms. Murad.
Discover a recording below of Celia Suárez in the media area of the UNGA80 SDG on Monday, speaking of the SPOTLIGHT initiative and its role as a global defender since 2020.
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