Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

Headings: 
Key Treaties and Texts
World Conferences on Women's Rights
Corporate Author: 
United Nations
Title: 
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Document Type: 
International Conventions and Declarations
Reference: 
Fourth World Conference on Women, 15 September 1995, A/CONF.177/20 (1995) and A/CONF.177/2
URL: 
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/e5dplw.htm
Annotation: 
The Declaration and Platform for Action (PFA) is the outcome document from the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. The PFA comprehensively identifies the rights of women and asks governments to commit to protecting these rights. It identifies 12 critical areas of concern and sets out strategic objectives and actions.