#beijing declaration

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/04/24 Mareyba Fawad, a federal health policy and data consultant at Acumen LLC, joined Scott Douglas Jacobsen to reflect on her experience as head delegate to CSW69 with the Young Diplomats of Canada. Fawad, with degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Columbia…

A UNICEF report 25 years after Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by the global community, examines if things have really improved for women everywhere. A UNICEF report 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by the global community, examines if things have really improved for women everywhere. In 1995 the Beijing Declaration and Platform…

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve spent part of the pandemic taking classes online through Coursera. One of those courses is from Stanford University, taught by Anne Firth Murray. The class explores Women’s Health and Human Rights around the world, and one of our first assignments was to read the 1995 Beijing Declaration, which emerged from the Fourth United Nations Conference on…

US officials in New York are attempting to water down language and remove the word “gender” from documents being negotiated at the UN, in what is being seen as a threat to international agreements on women’s rights. In negotiations at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which resume at UN headquarters this week, the US wants to replace “gender” in the forum’s outcome document with references only to women and girls. The move follows similar attempts by the US last year to change language in documents before the UN human rights council. In draft documents, seen by the Guardian, the US is taking a step further at CSW by refusing to reaffirm the country’s commitment to the landmark Beijing declaration and platform for action, agreed at the fourth world conference of women held in 1995....Under the Trump administration, US negotiators have found themselves more aligned with countries including Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia than European nations. These countries consistently seek to undermine agreements on women’s rights at the UN, specifically around reproductive health and rights.

Last week, the Ministerial Forum of China-Africa Health Development met in Beijing, launching a new era in cooperation between China and Africa. The Forum featured negotiation and adoption of the Beijing Declaration, an outline of commitment and direction of future cooperation between China and Africa.

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé delivered a statement on behalf of international organizations at the Forum in support of the Beijing Declaration, calling it "a pillar of the larger partnership between China and Africa."

The full text of the Beijing Declaration is available online in Chinese, English and French.