Beijing Hosts U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Gender Issues, Sexism, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History, Asian History, Worldwide
- Geographical Location: Beijing
- Date: September 4-15, 1995
Article abstract: About thirty-five thousand delegates from more than 180 countries attended the fourth in a series of United Nations governmental conferences on the economic, social, and political condition of women.
Defining Women’s Rights
In the largest international assembly to date, thirty-five thousand delegates gathered in China at two parallel United Nations (U.N.) conferences. A governmental conference took center stage in Beijing, while a parallel conference of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) was held fifty miles away in Huairou. Both...
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