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This document reviews the progress made from
1995 to 2000 in realizing the commitments made by governments at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing. The document begins by discussing the following basic principles
and standards that were reaffirmed at the Beijing Conference: (1) women's rights
ashuman rights, (2) the universality and indivisibility of all human rights, and (3)
equality and non-discrimination. The document then highlights recent
developments made with regard to four key issues: (1) reproductive health rights;
(2) gender equality and property, land rights and inheritance; (3) gender equality
and the family; and (4) trafficking in women and children. Finally, the document
discusses steps taken by UN entities to implement the Beijing Platform for Action
and steps that should be taken in the future.