During the 1995 historical event in the Chinese capital, countries joined and adopted the Beijing statement, a plans document to advance women’s rights (read our explanatory here).
In the high -level celebration event on Monday, countries, civil society organizations and the representatives of the Academy and the private sector discussed how to accelerate their implementation.
“For many of us here in this room, we maintain positions that when we were young, they seemed unattainable, but now we are almost normal for the next generation,” said Annalena Baerbock, referring to the notion that “women’s rights are Human Rights “, the first lady’s gathering shout Hillary Clinton 30 years ago in Beijing.
The most ambitious commitment
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, described the declaration as “the most ambitious global political commitment in the rights of women ever achieved,” and added that he has helped advance legal protection, political participation and education for women around the world.
The executive director of the Gender Equality Agency, a Women Sima Bahous, commented that girls are much more likely to finish school today, than at any other time in history.
The number of women in Parliament has almost doubled and almost 100 discriminatory laws have been reversed worldwide only in the last five years.
“Each step ahead demonstrated the same truth: gender equality works“Mrs. Bahous said.”But progress has not been quick enough. “
‘No more promises’
A new UN reports published earlier this month found that none of the sustainable development objectives of gender equality is on their way. In addition, 676 million women and girls now live in the shadow of the mortal conflict, the highest recorded since the 1990s.
Cecilia Suárez, UN Global Defender for the UN Spotlight initiative, an innovative program designed to end violence against women and girls, said she had demonstrated “it is possible to give positive and concrete results in this fight.”
“What is required is the leadership of those who have met here. Leadership that encourages reforms“He added.
Speaking about the many women around the world who continue to experience injustice, the Human Rights and Yazidi activist of the terrorist sex traffickers of the ISIL, Nadia Murad, asked the international community to finance women’s organizations in the first -line lines, guarantees the participation of women in peace and security, and hold the perpetrators responsible.
“The next generation of women and girls deserves to inherit more promises, but the reality of justice, equality and dignity.“Mrs. Murad said.
Check out a recording after Celia Suárez in the SDG media zone of the UNGA80 on Monday, talking about the attention initiative and its role as a global defender since 2020.