GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, together with the other UN independent experts mentioned herewith, called today for a new vision of women’s rights informed by the lessons learnt from the 15 year review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Today International Women’s Day, has a special meaning while governments, civil societies, and UN agencies are gathered in New York at the Commission on the Status of Women to assess the progress made since the Beijing Platform for Action was…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 05 March 2010. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
