AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST LAW JOURNAL

Holding up Half the Sky, But for Whose Benefit?: A Critical Analysis of the Fourth World Conference on Women

Part 1 of this article examines the content of the formal outcomes of the 1994 Fourth World Conference on Women, specifically The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action (PFA). Part 2 critiques these outcomes around the three official themes of the Conference - equality, development and peace - arguing that the language of equality dominated and operated to prevent transformative outcomes.