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World Conference on Women

Answer

The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, which took place in Beijing in September 1995, concluded with adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Government fully supports implementation of the Platform for Action which we see as hugely significant in taking forward the global agenda on gender equality and as essential for making greater progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs.) We welcomed the re-affirmation of the key importance of the Declaration and Platform for Action, including the clear linkage with achievement of the MDGs at the Beijing Plus 10 conference, the Millennium Review Summit, and most recently at the meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in March.DFID's strategy for promoting gender equality is set out in the document Poverty Elimination and the Empowerment of Women””, and we are working to ensure that gender issues are made a priority across our work, and that developing country partners integrate gender into their own national plans. DFID also supports specific activities to promote the rights of women and girls, including in the areas of girls' education, maternal mortality and reproductive health. DFID is one of the three Government Departments responsible for the UK National Action Plan on implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which was launched on International Women's Day 2006 on 8 March.Over the next year, we will be looking to see how we can strengthen this work in response to an evaluation of our work on gender and women's empowerment over the past ten years and to current trends in the delivery of international development assistance.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

445 c894W;445 c894W; 62698

Session

2005-06

Subjects

UN Conference on Women

Link

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