WUNRN
MOVING
TOWARDS BEIJING + 20
In 2014, this year, there will be
gatherings in the official UN Regions as described below, for BEIJING + 20
Government Surveys & Reports, and Regional Official Government
Review Sessions and Outcomes.
There will again be NGO organized
Beijing + 20 Reviews, and Shadow Reports.
It may be of interest to consider
your country's Beijing + 15 Report, and gender NGO realities, and to
monitor the evolving BEIJING + 20 PROCESS in 2014, leading to the Official
Beijing + 20 Review in 2015.
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59th
session of the Commission on the Status of Women / Beijing+20 (2015)
The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York, tentatively scheduled for 9-20 March 2015. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the session.
The Commission will undertake a review of progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 years after its adoption at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. The review (Beijing+20) will also include the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly, the first five-year assessment conducted after the adoption of the Platform for Action, which highlighted further actions and initiatives.
The session will also address current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action, as well as opportunities for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women in the post-2015 development agenda.
The review will be conducted at national, regional and global levels. The regional commissions of the United Nations will undertake regional reviews.
Links to the relevant web pages of the Regional Commissions:
Background Papers:
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Full Document: http://www.unwomen.org/~/media/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/CSW/59/BeijingPlus20-GuidanceNote-en.pdf
Implementation of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the outcomes of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000) in the context of
the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the
adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2015
Guidance note for the preparation of national reviews
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15-YEAR
REVIEW OF THE IMLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING DECLARATION & PLATFORM FOR
ACTION
Report
of the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
E/2010/27 (SUPP) -
E/CN.6/2010/11 (SUPP)
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From
1-12 March 2010, the Commission on the Status of Women undertook a fifteen-year
review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General
Assembly. Emphasis was placed on the sharing of experiences and
good practices, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new
challenges, including those related to the Millennium Development Goals.
Member States, representatives of non-governmental organizations and of UN entities
participated in the session. A series of parallel events provided
additional opportunities for information exchange and networking.
National and
regional review processes fed into the global review process.
The General
Assembly marked the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action in a commemorative meeting during CSW.