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The commission adopted a declaration on the occasion of the ten. Beijing declaration and platform for action the united nations. The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women. Several issues were prominent in these discussions. An unprecedented 17,000 participants and 30,000 activists streamed into beijing for the opening of the fourth world conference on women in september 1995. The fourth world conference on women held in 1995 resulted in the adoption of the beijing declaration and platform for action bpfa by 189 member states of the united nations, which spelled out 12 critical areas of concern to guide the mainstreaming of gender in laws, policies, strategies and programmes. It also laid out concrete ways for countries to bring about change. The judiciary is an institution of the highest value in every society. Adopts the beijing declaration and platform for action. Indias report in context of implementation of the beijing. The bpfa covers 12 key critical matters of concern and areas for action including women and poverty, violence against women and access to power and. Beijing declaration congress secretariat, xxi incosai international cooperation department, national audit office no.
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