Press Release: Gender equality: a lot more needs to be done

Ten years after the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted the situation of women in the UNECE region1 has only partly improved and a lot more needs to be done for its implementation, especially in the socio-economic sphere. This is one of the halftone conclusions, which emerged from the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year Review of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, on 14-15 December 2004.

Key themes: Women's Self-employment and Entrepreneurship in the UNECE Region; Gender Aspects of Social Protection and Pensions in Ageing Europe; Economic Roots of Trafficking in the UNECE Region; Gender Responsive Budgets

UN: Economic Commission for Europe: Gender activities: Beijing +10 http://www.unece.org/oes/gender/beijing10.htm

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