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Political declaration on women's rights
April 8 , 2020
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- The Political Declaration adopted is the outcome of the 64th Commission on the Status of Women held at New York in USA.
- It is the largest annual gathering on gender equality and the empowerment of women at the UN.
- A UN declaration on women is approved every five years.
- It is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995.
- The declaration itself noted that 25 years after the Beijing summit, "no country has fully achieved gender equality."
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 seeks to promote women's emancipation and advancement around the world.
- It is considered the most visionary blueprint on women’s rights.
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