Beijing+20: ՚Results of the campaign

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Womennet.am summarises

Information campaign “Women’s issues are not getting old”

The purpose of the campaign was to cover the international process /Armenia is part of it/.

At UN 4^th World Summit held in Beijing in 1995 Governments of 189 countries, including Government of Armenia, committed to implement the idea of ensuring equal rights and equal opportunities for women and men. That idea was confirmed in Beijing Declaration and Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the summit which became a “roadmap” for ensuring gender equality for the whole world. The same approach was reflected in the slogan of “Beijing+20” process launched in June of this year: “Women’s empowerment is empowerment of entire human capacity. Remember that”.

During our campaign all the issues included in 12 Critical Areas of Beijing Platform for Action, clarifying “Beijing+20” process were represented:

Women and Poverty
Education and Training of Women
Women and Health
Violence against Women
Women and Armed Conflict
Women and the Economy
Women in Power and Decision-making
Institutional Mechanism for the Advancement of Women
Human Rights of Women
Women and the Media
Women and the Environment
The Girl-child

The campaign began from June 2014 and last until March 2015 when 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (2015) summarized the results of “Beijing+20” and shaped the future activities.

5 special issues of Newspaper Insert “Woman and Politics” were released during the campaign, which you can find in archive of our website here in Armenian and English.

We express our gratitude to Global Fund for Women, United Nations Population Fund in Armenia, OSCE office in Yerevan and OXFAM office in Armenia for supporting the campaign.

We join with “Beijing+20” campaign’s slogan “Empowering women, empowering humanity: Picture It!”

Read materials telling about Beijin+20 processes on our website.

Beijing+20: ՚Results of the campaign