{"id":2335,"date":"2024-05-01T17:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:29:59","slug":"q-beijing-declaration-and-platform-for-action-often-seen-in-the-news-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-beijing-declaration-and-platform-for-action-often-seen-in-the-news-is","title":{"rendered":"Q. \u2018Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action\u2019 often seen in the news, is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>a strategy to tackle the regional terrorism, an outcome of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a plan of action for sustainable economic growth in the Asia-Pacific Region, an outcome of deliberations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an agenda for women\u2019s empowerment, an outcome of a World Conference convened by the United Nations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a strategy to combat wildlife trafficking, a declaration of the East Asia Summit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c)&nbsp;an agenda for women\u2019s empowerment, an outcome of a World Conference convened by the United Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-663233b5588e3\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action adopted unanimously by 189 countries at the\u00a0<strong>United Nations World Conference on Women<\/strong>\u00a0in Beijing\u00a0in 1995.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It recognizes\u00a0<strong>women\u2019s rights as human rights<\/strong>\u00a0and sets out a comprehensive roadmap for\u00a0<strong>achieving equality between women and men.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It aims at accelerating the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and at removing all the obstacles to women\u2019s active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Platform for Action is an agenda for\u00a0<strong>women\u2019s empowerment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"world-conferences-on-women\">World Conferences on Women<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The United Nations has organized\u00a0<strong>four world conferences<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>on women<\/strong>. These took place\u00a0<strong>in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995.<\/strong>\u00a0The last was followed by a series of five-year reviews.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing marked a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action<\/strong>, adopted unanimously by 189 countries, is an agenda for women\u2019s empowerment and considered the key global policy document on gender equality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It sets strategic objectives and actions for the advancement of women and the achievement of gender equality in\u00a0<strong>12 critical areas of concern:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women and poverty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education and training of women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women and health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Violence against women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women and armed conflict<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women and the economy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women in power and decision-making<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institutional mechanism for the advancement of women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human rights of women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women and the media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women and the environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The girl-child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (c)&nbsp;an agenda for women\u2019s empowerment, an outcome of a World Conference convened by the United Nations Notes: World Conferences on Women<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[47],"years":[58],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-international-relations","years-58"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":58,"label":"2015"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}