25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

On October 1st, the UN assembly will convene a high level meeting with the overall theme of “Accelerating the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. This meeting will be held 25 years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which to this day remains the most comprehensive and transformative global agenda for the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment.