Draft Platform for Action
Main elements of the Declaration
Preamble
1. Expression of concern about the situation of women. A sense of urgency; need to act now.
2. Goals/objectives (what do we want from the Fourth World Conference on Women?)
- Equality, development and peace (old goals which still have to be attained)
- Themes that cut across all areas of concern:
- Empowerment of women
- Full and equal partnership between women and men
- Mainstreaming women in the development process as agents as well as beneficiaries
- Diversity of women and their situations
3. Previous international instruments:
- Charter of the United Nations
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women
4. Link with the past/historical context (what has been achieved so far?):
- 1945, United Nations
- 1975, Mexico
- 1980, Copenhagen
- 1985, Nairobi
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