Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 26
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[We are determined to:] Promote women's economic independence, including employment, and eradicate the persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women by addressing the structural causes of poverty through changes in economic structures, ensuring equal access for all women, including those in rural areas, as vital development agents, to productive resources, opportunities and public services;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Fourth World Conference on Women
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1995
Paragraph type
Declaration
Reference
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), Declaration, para. 26.