An issue paper on the major areas of concern to women in Africa and strategies for effective participation at fourth world conference on women, Beijing, China

Abstract

The Global Platform for Action, the main policy document to be adopted at the Beijing Conference focuses on some of the critical issues identified as posing fundamental obstacles to the advancement of women. The Platform aims to accelerate the removal of these obstacles to women's full and equal participation in all spheres of public and private life, including economic and political decision-making. It is an action-oriented Agenda for Equality, Development and Peace, which seeks to safeguard women's human rights throughout their life cycle. It stresses the principle of partnership between women and men as the basis for achieving equality, development and peace.