The Beijing Platform for Action is a landmark document that came out of the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, convened in Beijing, China in September, 1995. [..]

The United Nations held the fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995. The Beijing Platform for Action marked the first major global commitment to “gender mainstreaming” (see definition) as a way to accelerate women's empowerment and end gender discrimination. The declaration cites the commitment among governments to advanc [..]