Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 201b

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[A national machinery for the advancement of women is the central policy- coordinating unit inside government. Its main task is to support government- wide mainstreaming of a gender-equality perspective in all policy areas. The necessary conditions for an effective functioning of such national machineries include:] Institutional mechanisms or processes that facilitate, as appropriate, decentralized planning, implementation and monitoring with a view to involving non-governmental organizations and community organizations from the grass-roots upwards;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Fourth World Conference on Women
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
1995
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Other
Reference
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), para. 201b.
Paragraph focus
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Paragraph number
201b