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International Women’s Day Statement by United Nations Human Rights Experts*6 March 2020
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International Women’s Day Statement by United Nations Human Rights Experts*6 March 2020

March 5, 2020 FoRB NGO Committee Bureau

_Twenty-five years after the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, no country in the world is free from discrimination against women_ Women's and girls' activism and autonomous movements have been the driving forces behind the advancement of women's human rights and gender equality, and remain ever essential. Women and girls have been at the forefront of movements for change around the world. But 25 years on from the Beijing Platform of Action, responsibility for progress cannot continue to lie solely on the shoulders of women. While women continue to lead…

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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 06 March 2020. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.

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