30 Years of the Beijing UN Women's Conference and the Platform for Action: Achievements, Challenges and Setbacks?

Thursday, 10 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: FSE003 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC32 Women, Gender and Society (host committee)

Language: English

In 2025, the global community will mark the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. What have been the main advances in women's and LGBTQ+ human rights implemented since then? What have been the main advances in policies to promote gender equality? And what have the setbacks been? The purpose of this session is to promote a general assessment of women's and LGBTQ+ human rights and reflect on the challenges involved in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and its Goals from a transversal and intersectional gender perspective
Session Organizer:
Solange SIMOES, Eastern Michigan University, USA
Oral Presentations
What of Gender 30 Years on - Plus Ca Change...?
Mairead DUNNE, University of Sussex, United Kingdom; Barbara CROSSOUARD, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
30 Years on: Beyond Individual Solutions to Systemic Change for Gender Equality
Yeva AVAKYAN, Save the Children USA, Australia; Krista BYWATER, United States
Reliability and Validity of International Gender Indices
Natalia BULCHENKO, Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation
From Global Platforms to Local Realities: Gender Violence and LGBTQ+ Rights in Marginalized Communities
Veronica GONZALEZ, USA
Parental-Leave Policy and Work-Life Balance in Portugal: Advances and Challenges for the Future
Fátima ASSUNÇÃO, ISCSP - University of Lisbon, Portugal
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