UNICEF: Call to improve the rights of women and girls

http://www.unicef.org/girlseducation/index_52904.html

NEW YORK, USA, 4 March 2010 A UNICEF-organized event in New York marked the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. Adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, the Beijing Platform is the world's most comprehensive framework for achieving gender equality.

Donnady Coquila Lao, a youth advocate from the Philippines, noted that gains in gender equality had fallen short of the expectations that were set at the adoption of the Beijing Platform. "Its very sad to know that children are not aware of gender equality," she said. "It is very disappointing."

Other panellists agreed that progress has been slow, hampered by cultural attitudes, lack of political will and low priority for girls and women as well as more recent challenges, including the global economic crisis and climate change. They emphasized the need to actively change attitudes about girls and women, and invest in promoting their rights and dignity.

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