Beijing+30 in the Netherlands: Reflect, Engage and Act Together for Gender Justice
In 1995, 17,000 delegates and 30,000 activists from around the world united in Beijing to attend
the Fourth World Conference on Women. This was one of the largest meetings to promote women's rights ever held.
The Beijing agenda outlines key actions for women’s empowerment and gender equality along the following 12 thematic areas:
- Women & poverty
- Education & training of women
- Women & health
- Violence against women
- Women & armed conflict
- Women & the economy
- Women in power & decision making
- Institutional mechanisms for the promotion of women
- Women's human rights
- Women & the media
- Women & the environment
- Girls
WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform is joining the UN, its member states and organisations around the world to celebrate the achievements of the past 30 years and emphasize the importance of stepping up our efforts for the advancement of women and girls and the achievement of gender equality.
WO=MEN and her members and partners have joined efforts to organise a year-long Beijing+30 Campaign in the Netherlands.
Beijing+30 in the Netherlands
Part I:
From October 2024 until March 2025, a series of events will be organised by and for diverse civil society in the Netherlands. This will include topic-specific teach-ins as well as broader public events. We aim to bridge silos and strengthen connections and collaborations between organisations and thematic areas of work, find commonalities,foster solidarity, and share strategies and good practice.
For more information about the Beijing 30+ programme,
click here.
Part II:
In March 2025 the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place in New York. This will have Beijing+30 as its main focus. Following this conference,we aim to take a more outward approach and seek to reach a wider audience with information and messages related to gender equality and strengthen human rights of women and girls.
