Beijing+20: The 20th Anniversary of the 1995
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women
Catherine
Bertini, professor of public administration and international affairs at the
Maxwell School -- with the help of students from her spring 2015 classes on the
United Nations, Girls’ Education, and Humanitarian Action -- will host a March
18 discussion of women’s progress around the world since the UN’s Fourth World
Conference on Women in 1995. That event produced
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/about the most progressive blueprint ever
for advancing women’s rights.
“Beijing+20”
will include a viewing of and commentary on Bertini’s (who was then director of
the UN World Food Programme) Plenary Address at the Beijing 1995 conference,
followed by a student panel and discussion.
Students from countries including Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Macedonia,
Germany, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Bolivia, South Korea, and the U.S. will speak
about changes in their countries in the past 20 years, followed by Q&A with
the audience.
The event
will be held Wednesday, March 18, 11:30-1:00 in 204 Maxwell Hall. A light lunch will be served, and all are
welcome to attend. 03/11/15