Beijing +20
Resource type: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Document language: English
SDGs:
Goal 1: No poverty Goal 3: Good health and well-being Goal 4: Quality education Goal 5: Gender equality Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth Goal 10: Reduced inequality Goal 16: Peace and justice strong institutions
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Beijing+20 Reports

January 2015

In 2015, the CSW carried out in its 59th Session a review of the implementation of the BPFA after twenty years of its adoption. In this connection, the UN Regional Commissions (including UN-ESCWA) have been mandated to prepare, in collaboration with regional organizations, regional reports on progress made towards the implementation of the BPFA. These reports, based on national reviews conducted by each of the UN member countries, fed into a global report to be consolidated by CSW Secretariat at UN-Women for the Secretary General, presented to the General Assembly.

In addition, the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW), in partnership and close collaboration with UN Women Regional Office for Arab States and the Women and the Family and Childhood Department of the League of Arab States, have planned for a number of events in view of the preparation of the Beijing+20 Review Report for the Arab Region, including (a) Training workshop to support the process of preparation of national reports on Beijing+20; (b) Regional consultation workshop with Arab civil society organizations on Beijing+20 to solicit input on progress achieved in the region on the implementation of BPFA over the last 5 years; (c) Regional review report on the implementation of BPFA in the Arab region to synthesize the main findings of national reports; (d) EGM for review, validation and adoption of the regional report on progress achieved in the Arab region in the implementation of BPFA; (e) In-depth study on "the Arab region in the context of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action-20 years after" to provide an analytical evaluation of the Arab region from the perspective of BPFA; and (f) High level regional conference to endorse the conclusions of the regional review report and reaffirm the commitment of Arab countries to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Actions.

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