The two-day event co-hosted by China and UN Women commemorates the 30th anniversary of the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in the Chinese capital. The 1995 conference, where 189 countries unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, is widely regarded as a global turning point for gender equality. Delivering a keynote speech…
China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday urged world leaders to expand joint efforts in supporting women’s empowerment and gender equality. Speaking at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing, Xi marked the 30th anniversary of the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women, originally held in the Chinese capital in 1995. Beijing’s Global Commitment In…
The Palazzo Madama in Turin, Italy, was illuminated in orange “from dusk to dawn” on November 24-25, in support of UN Women’s Orange The World campaign. This initiative, launched in 2008 as part of the UN’s UNiTE by 2030 campaign, uses orange as a symbol of a future free from violence against women and girls….