World Women Organization

World Women Organization

File:World Women Organization Logo.png World Women Organization Logo
Abbreviation	WWO
Formation	1947 (1947)
Type	Intergovernmental Organization
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, New York
Director-General	Angela R(I).M (Director-General of Parliament of Malaysia
Website	www.unwwo.org

The World Women Organization (WWO) is an intergovernmental Organization that focuses mainly on achieving Gender Harmony as its flagship program. The World Women Organization (WWO) was founded on the belief that women's overall development is the cornerstone of a peaceful, dignified, and equitable future for all humankind. As an intergovernmental organization, the WWO works with governments, NGOs, civil societies, academia, and businesses to achieve the highest standards of women's overall development worldwide.

The WWO is currently registered with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The WWO recognizes and advocates for the United Nations' global efforts to achieve peace, dignity, and equality on a healthy planet.

The WWO is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and maintains a liaison office in New York. The United Nations acknowledges Malaysia as a world leader in encouraging the participation of girls and women in science.

Vision

The WWO is committed to advancing the overall development of women worldwide to achieve a peaceful, dignified, and equitable future for all humankind.

Mission

Women as one of the human groups, committed to promoting the common sustainable development of mankind and the world. The WWO strives for the common sustainable development of women and world, so they may achieve their full potential in all areas, including fundamental rights, health, education, and economic independence within a supportive and sustainable community. The WWO works collaboratively towards measurable impacts at both a local and global level, by connecting leaders and advocates from all over the world to promote women's overall development.

History

Origins

• The predecessor of the World Women Organization can be traced back to the rise of the international women organization at the end of the 19th century. At that time, the primary purpose was to fight for women's fundamental rights and statuses, such as the right to vote and stand for election, employment, and the right to receive education. After the Second World War, some international women's organizations to strive for peace appeared one after another.
• The international women's Union was founded in 1925
• In 1947, the second International Conference of women's organizations was held. The International Women Organization was established in New York. It is the predecessor of today's World Women Organization (WWO) and its regional office.
• The international women organization officially changed its name to the World Women Organization in December 1975, and its headquarters was located in New York, USA.

Establishment

• In July 1848, New York launched the feminist movement
• In 1888, Washington held the International Conference on women
• The international women's Union was founded in 1925
• In 1936, the international women's movement for peace was launched
• In 1946, the first international women's organization conference was held, and the international women's organization alliance was launched
• In 1947, the second International Conference of women's organizations was held. The International Women Organization was established in New York. It is the predecessor of today's World Women Organization (WWO) and its regional office.
• In 1965, representatives of International women organizations participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to respond to the queries on education, employment, inheritance, criminal law reform, and other issues from government actors, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and officers from the United Nations.
• In 1975, when the United Nations designated 1975 as the International Year of women, there was no celebration because representatives of the cold war opponents did not agree to approve it. At first, the Romanian representative of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women proposed to hold a celebration, but the proposal was opposed by the communist representatives. International Women organizations proposed to the United States to hold the first World Conference on Women.
• On June 19 to July 2, 1975, Mexico agreed to host the conference. The first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico.

Activities

World Women conferences

The World Women Conference, also known as the United Nations World Conference on Women, is an important conference of women organizations around the world. Issues pertaining to women have always been a top priority for the United Nations. In 1972, to mark its 25th anniversary, the Commission on the Status of Women recommended that 1975 be designated International Women's Year. The recommendation was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly to draw attention to the need for equal rights and to women's contributions to development and peace. During International Women's Year, the First World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City, marking the anniversary of the Commission on the Status of Women and its progress. This conference was followed by the UN Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, which lasted from 1976 to 1985. To promote women's development around the world, the United Nations has held four World Women Conferences to date. The Second, the Third and the Fourth World Conference on Women took place in Copenhagen in 1980, in Nairobi in 1985, and in Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of five-year reviews.

The First World Conference on Women (1975)

“ The Commission on the Status of Women called for the First World Conference on Women as one event established for International Women's Year. Held in Mexico City, 133 governments participated, while six thousand delegates attended the International Women's Year Tribune. The conference led to the United Nations Decade for Women (1975-1985) and follow-up conferences established to evaluate the progress made in eliminating discrimination against women. At the conference, the World Plan of Action was adopted. The World Plan of Action had specific targets for nations to implement for women's improvement, including minimum goals to be attained within the next five years. These goals involved securing women equal opportunity, eliminating discrimination, granting women full participation in development, integrate women into existing systems, and to support their contributions to world peace and non-violence. The conference made education, employment, family planning, housing, health and nutrition key focal points. The Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Peace was also adopted during the Conference, The Declaration discussed how nations foreign policy actions impacted women. ”

The Second World Conference on Women (1980)

“ The Second World Conference on Women took place in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1980. At the conference, 145 Member States gathered for the mid-decade assessment of progress and failure in implementing the goals established by the World Plan of Action at the First World Conference on Women. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was signed during the ceremony. The conference adopted the official World Programme of Action, which included plans to create women's bureaus and agencies, and established target issues countries were to monitor including child care, households headed by women, migrants, rural women, unemployment, and youth. ”

The Third World Conference on Women (1985)

“ The Third World Conference on Women took place in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1985, as the end-of-decade assessment of progress and failure in implementing the goals established by the World Plan of Action from the 1975 inaugural conference on women as modified by the World Programme of Action during the second conference. The conference also established concrete measures to overcome obstacles in achieving the Decade's goals. There were 1,400 delegates from 157 Member States at the conference; a parallel NGO Forum attracted around 12,000 participants. The Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women was adopted, with more extensive topics discussed, which outlined measures for achieving gender equality at the national level and for promoting women's participation in peace and development efforts. ”

The Fourth World Conference on Women (1995)

“ The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was held in Beijing in 1995, which marked a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality. The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action was adopted unanimously by 189 countries. It was an agenda for women's empowerment and considered the key global policy document to achieve global legal equity. It set strategic objectives and actions for the advancement of women and the achievement of gender equality in 12 critical areas. The conference built off of political agreements reached at the three previous global conferences on women, and consolidated five decades of legal advances aimed at securing gender equality. More than 17 thousand participants attended, including six thousand government delegates at the negotiations, along with more than four thousand accredited NGO representatives, a host of international civil servants and around four thousand media representatives. A parallel NGO Forum held in Huairou (a district of Beijing) also drew some 30 thousand participants. ”

Operational history of WWO

During period from 1976 to 1985, it was the brilliant decade for women activities. The World Women Organization established contacts with the United Nations and have helped convening the World Conference on Women.

• On July 14 to 30, 1980, the Second World Conference on Women was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. About 1500 delegates from 145 countries attended the conference.
• On July 15 to 26, 1985, the Third World Conference on Women was held in Nairobi, Kenya. About 1400 delegates from 157 countries attended the conference.
• On September 4 to 15, 1995, the fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China. Representatives from 189 governments, United Nations agencies, EU, League of the Arab States, intergovernmental organizations, activists and organizations from all over the world attended the conference. 17000 people attended, and another 30000 activists participated in the parallel forums.
• In 1997, the administration system of the World Women Organization was reformed.
• In 2001, the cabinet meeting of the world women organization decided to set the realization of human peace to promote gender work. This goal is based on the seventh UN Secretary- General Kofi's report on peacekeeping operations (resolution 1327 adopted by the UN Security Council on November 13, 2000). Secretary-General Kofi Annan highlighted five critical areas in the implementation report: strengthening the rapid deployment of peacekeeping operations, strengthening relations with the Member States and legislative bodies, reforming the management culture of peacekeeping operations, reforming the relations between peacekeeping operations and field missions, and strengthening relations with other United Nations agencies.
• In 2007, the comprehensive reform of the World Women Organization aimed to complete the organization system's reorganization, but it was not successful.
• In 2015, the World Women Organization adopted the comprehensive reform agenda of revitalizing the World Women Organization: reform program.
• In 2016, the World Women Organization's reform council was established, which mainly implements strategic management to strengthen objectives.
• The proposal of the new world women organization's regulations in 2018 was adopted and signed by the World Women Organization's Reform Council.
• In 2019, Lady Angela R.M. became the Director-General of the World Women Organization.
• In November 2019, the first intergovernmental reform conference of the World Women Organization was held in the Malaysian Parliament. Mohd Rashid Hasnon, deputy speaker of the Malaysian Parliament, presided over the meeting. At the reform conference, it was unanimously agreed that director general Lady Angela, and her Malaysian parliamentary group to establish a new autonomous international intergovernmental World Women organization. At the same time, Director-General Lady Angela announced to promote the next World Women Conference. In December of the same year, the reorganization of the World Women Organization was completed.
• In January 2020, the World Women Organization's commissioning bureau was established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• On September 15 to 16, 2020, the World Women Organization hosted the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and platform for the women's Congress. Leaders from more than 20 countries around the world, including governments, United Nations agencies, UN non- governmental organizations, public health, and multinational institutions, gathered to discuss issues of cross-era topics, such as gender harmony, co-construction between men and women, women and global sustainable development discussion.
• On September 15, 2020, Mohamed Rashid Hasnon, deputy speaker of the Malaysian Parliament, delivered a policy speech. He outlined his vital role in the comprehensive and extensive reform of the World Women Organization as a force for peace.

Policies and objectives

Overall focus

The World Women Organization (WWO) believes that the overall development of the individual woman relies on the full realization of fundamental rights, health, education and economic independence within a supportive and sustainable community. In order to achieve these goals, the WWO focuses on economic, political, social, and ecological reform through public advocacy and individual programming. To achieve reform, the WWO develops sub-committees to build solutions for the biggest challenges women face today.

The WWO collaborates with leaders across a wide variety of sectors, including governmental, non-profit, civil society, academia, and business. The WWO also builds partnerships with organizations to provide services for women. The WWO unites and empowers women to advance gender equality reform for economic, political, social, and ecological progress.

Programs

Connecting work, connecting women, connecting worlds

The W-Connect Global Connection Development program helps families around the world and promotes social and economic recovery. The WWO's values are "connecting work, connecting women, connecting worlds". The WWO wants to help female workers, families and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). At the same time, millions of women working in global small and medium-sized enterprises and factories are facing the pressure of hardship. The WWO launched "W-Connect", mutual aid trade, to assist in the resumption of work. The program has been launched to increase the employment of female workers and their families.

The core objective of the World Women Organization is to promote the unity and progress of women around the world, and to promote the common development and progress of global society and human destiny through the role and influence of women in society. The World Women Organization shoulders the responsibility of helping women grow and develop in the world, promoting the common development and progress of humankind through the role and influence of women in society.

COVID-19 aid

On January 17, 2020, the World Women Organization (WWO) launched the COVID-19 aid program for China in the Parliament of Malaysia. As confirmed cases of COVID-19 increases around the world and thousands of lives have been taken, the WWO shows sympathy for China in fighting the outbreak. For this reason, the WWO donated more than 6 million medical supplies to help the Chinese government combat the disease and to help medical workers and others in seriously impacted regions get through the epidemic quickly and effectively.

"Everyone at the World Women Organization (WWO) is extremely concerned about the harm COVID-19 does to families. China is at the forefront of this battle against the spread of this deadly virus, we appreciate all the hard work and sacrifices that China is making. WWO would like to contribute towards this struggle against the spread of the COVID-19," said Angela R.M., Secretary General of WWO.

Sustainable development

The World Women Organization (WWO) Sustainable Development Fund connects Members, United Nations (UN), UN agencies, governments, businesses and civil society to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The programs of the Sustainable Development Fund benefits interconnected issues, such as sustainability, gender harmony and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices.

The WWO CSR Committee works with partners to maximize the impact of the role and influence of women in society. The Committee will also promote the progress of global societies and individual quality of life by designing and implementing innovative projects to achieve the SDGs.

Partnerships

WWO is committed to promoting collaboration, mobilizing partnerships and allocating efforts of different actors to promote women development and gender harmony nationally and globally. WWO works closely with the United Nations system, governments, civil society, nonprofit organizations, research institutes and volunteers to enhance collaboration and achieve better development outcomes. United Nations WWO works closely with the United Nations to support its Member States in achieving their national priorities and ensuring better development outcomes. WWO strives to increase coherence, effectiveness and efficiency. Governments and Non-State actors Engagement is a key aspect of WWO's role in global women development. Governments and non-State actors play a critical role in supporting WWO to fulfil its mandate. Civil Society WWO works closely with civil society on policy advocacy and generating innovative strategies on women development and gender harmony. WWO ensures that civil society's voices be heard and ensures their participation in international women development issues. Nonprofit Organizations WWO has established partnerships with nonprofit organizations to initiate and implement programs. In addition, WWO works with nonprofit organizations to prepare and organize conferences and other events on women development and gender harmony. Research Institutes WWO collaborates with research institutes, universities and academies to carry out activities, implement programs, conduct research on the status of gender equality, and analyze the progress of women development. WWO Advisory Experts The WWO Advisory Experts are a group of experts from whom the WWO obtains technical guidance and support. Experts are invited to participate in an expert committee meeting to review and make technical recommendations on WWO's developmental strategies and program development. WWO Volunteers The WWO Volunteers make important contributions to support the United Nations to realize the Sustainable Development Goals.

Director-General

Director-General of the World Women Organization The head of the organization is the director-general. The current director-general is Lady [[Angela R.(I.) M. ]], who was appointed in 2019.

Organizational structure

The WWO is consisted of three separate branches: Political Bureau, General Assembly, and Secretariat.

Chairperson

Dato Haji Mohd Rashid Hasnon is the chairman of the World Women Organization. He is currently a member of Parliament in Malaysia as well as the deputy speaker of the parliament. He plays a major role in keeping all parliamentary affairs in order under his leadership. He is well known to be able to make quick important decisions, strict and meticulous in his line of duty.

Advisor

Yiping Zhou, Special Envoy of Director General of the WWO, Chief Advisor of the WWO. He served as Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation and Director of the UNOSSC.

Thomas Gehl, Legal Advisor of the WWO, he served as Core member to the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton for environment legal advisory team.

Country and liaison offices

WWO currently is headquartered in Malaysia with two liaison offices in East Asia and United States.

Headquarters The office is led by Director Idzmil Hashim, which was nominated by the office of the deputy speaker of Parliament of Malaysia and the Secretariat of the WWO. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, also served as Special Task Officer to ambassador of Malaysia in Indonesia. He has vast experience involving government affairs.

East Asia The office is led by Director Fun Boon Koh, which was nominated by the Members of Parliament of Malaysia and the Secretariat of the WWO. He is responsible for our Asia development has been with the management strategies for many years. He also serves on Office of Member of Parliament of Malaysia.

United States The office is led by Director Jing Zhao Cesarone, which was nominated by the Secretariat of the WWO. She is responsible for the World Women Organization's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). She has over 20 years of experience in implementing CSR.

Headquarter and host country

The WWO's headquarter is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is an upper middle-income Southeast Asian country with over 32 million people. Kuala Lumpur is its national capital and the largest city. Since the 1970s, Malaysia transformed itself from a producer of raw materials into a multi-sector economy. Under current Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia aims to achieve high-income status by the end of 2020 and to move further up the value-added production chain by attracting investments in high technology, knowledge-based industries and services.

The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) in Malaysia was formed in 2001 to be responsible for the social welfare of children, women, family, community. The ministry determines the policies and direction to achieve the goals of gender equality, family development and a caring society in line with Malaysia's firm commitment towards the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Declaration.

The Malaysian government understands that to achieve high-income status by the end of 2020, women have to be the equal partners and drivers of growth and prosperity for all citizens. Its most recent budget made upholding the role of women a core strategy, and it aims to boost the female labour participation rate from 54 per cent as of last year to 59 per cent by 2020.

As a global leader in women's overall development, Malaysia is the proud host country of the World Women Organization.

== WWO history == In July 1848, New York launched the feminist movement

• In 1888, Washington held the International Conference on women
• The international women's Union was founded in 1925
• In 1936, the international women's movement for peace was launched
• In 1946, the first international women's organization conference was held, and the international women's organization alliance was launched
• In 1947, the second International Conference of women's organizations was held. The International Women Organization was established in New York. It is the predecessor of today's World Women Organization (WWO) and its regional office.
• In 1965, representatives of International women organizations participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to respond to the queries on education, employment, inheritance, criminal law reform, and other issues from government actors, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and officers from the United Nations.
• In 1975, when the United Nations designated 1975 as the International Year of women, there was no celebration because representatives of the cold war opponents did not agree to approve it. At first, the Romanian representative of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women proposed to hold a celebration, but the proposal was opposed by the communist representatives. International Women organizations proposed to the United States to hold the first World Conference on Women.
• On June 19 to July 2, 1975, Mexico agreed to host the conference. The first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico.
• The international women organization officially changed its name to the World Women Organization in December 1975, and its headquarters was located in New York, USA.
• During period from 1976 to 1985, it was the brilliant decade for women activities. The World Women Organization established contacts with the United Nations and have helped convening the World Conference on Women.
• On July 14 to 30, 1980, the Second World Conference on Women was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. About 1500 delegates from 145 countries attended the conference.
• On July 15 to 26, 1985, the Third World Conference on Women was held in Nairobi, Kenya. About 1400 delegates from 157 countries attended the conference.
• On September 4 to 15, 1995, the fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China. Representatives from 189 governments, United Nations agencies, EU, League of the Arab States, intergovernmental organizations, activists and organizations from all over the world attended the conference. 17000 people attended, and another 30000 activists participated in the parallel forums.
• In 1997, the administration system of the World Women Organization was reformed.
• In 2001, the cabinet meeting of the world women organization decided to set the realization of human peace to promote gender work. This goal is based on the seventh UN Secretary- General Kofi's report on peacekeeping operations (resolution 1327 adopted by the UN Security Council on November 13, 2000). Secretary-General Kofi Annan highlighted five critical areas in the implementation report: strengthening the rapid deployment of peacekeeping operations, strengthening relations with the Member States and legislative bodies, reforming the management culture of peacekeeping operations, reforming the relations between peacekeeping operations and field missions, and strengthening relations with other United Nations agencies.
• In 2007, the comprehensive reform of the World Women Organization aimed to complete the organization system's reorganization, but it was not successful.
• In 2015, the World Women Organization adopted the comprehensive reform agenda of revitalizing the World Women Organization: reform program.
• In 2016, the World Women Organization's reform council was established, which mainly implements strategic management to strengthen objectives.
• The proposal of the new world women organization's regulations in 2018 was adopted and signed by the World Women Organization's Reform Council.
• In 2019, Lady Angela R.M. became the Director-General of the World Women Organization.
• In November 2019, the first intergovernmental reform conference of the World Women Organization was held in the Malaysian Parliament. Mohd Rashid Hasnon, deputy speaker of the Malaysian Parliament, presided over the meeting. At the reform conference, it was unanimously agreed that director general Lady Angela, and her Malaysian parliamentary group to establish a new autonomous international intergovernmental World Women organization. At the same time, Director-General Lady Angela announced to promote the next World Women Conference. In December of the same year, the reorganization of the World Women Organization was completed.
• In January 2020, the World Women Organization's commissioning bureau was established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• On September 15 to 16, 2020, the World Women Organization hosted the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and platform for the women's Congress. Leaders from more than 20 countries around the world, including governments, United Nations agencies, UN non- governmental organizations, public health, and multinational institutions, gathered to discuss issues of cross-era topics, such as gender harmony, co-construction between men and women, women and global sustainable development discussion.
• On September 15, 2020, Mohamed Rashid Hasnon, deputy speaker of the Malaysian Parliament, delivered a policy speech. He outlined his vital role in the comprehensive and extensive reform of the World Women Organization as a force for peace.

The World Women Organization supports the United Nations' 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. WWO takes peace, innovative ideas and scientific development as its action guide. WWO promotes gender harmony and women empowerment, and strengthens its work efficiency by integrating global resources.

World Women Conferences

The World Women Conference, also known as the United Nations World Conference on Women, is an important conference of women organizations around the world. Issues pertaining to women have always been a top priority for the United Nations. In 1972, to mark its 25th anniversary, the Commission on the Status of Women recommended that 1975 be designated International Women's Year. The recommendation was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly to draw attention to the need for equal rights and to women's contributions to development and peace. During International Women's Year, the First World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City, marking the anniversary of the Commission on the Status of Women and its progress. This conference was followed by the UN Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, which lasted from 1976 to 1985. To promote women's development around the world, the United Nations has held four World Women Conferences to date. The Second, the Third and the Fourth World Conference on Women took place in Copenhagen in 1980, in Nairobi in 1985, and in Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of five-year reviews.

The First World Conference on Women (1975)

The Commission on the Status of Women called for the First World Conference on Women as one event established for International Women's Year. Held in Mexico City, 133 governments participated, while six thousand delegates attended the International Women's Year Tribune. The conference led to the United Nations Decade for Women (1975-1985) and follow-up conferences established to evaluate the progress made in eliminating discrimination against women. At the conference, the World Plan of Action was adopted. The World Plan of Action had specific targets for nations to implement for women's improvement, including minimum goals to be attained within the next five years. These goals involved securing women equal opportunity, eliminating discrimination, granting women full participation in development, integrate women into existing systems, and to support their contributions to world peace and non-violence. The conference made education, employment, family planning, housing, health and nutrition key focal points. The Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Peace was also adopted during the Conference. The Declaration discussed how nations foreign policy actions impacted women. The Second World Conference on Women (1980)

The Second World Conference on Women took place in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1980. At the conference, 145 Member States gathered for the mid-decade assessment of progress and failure in implementing the goals established by the World Plan of Action at the First World Conference on Women. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was signed during the ceremony. The conference adopted the official World Programme of Action, which included plans to create women's bureaus and agencies, and established target issues countries were to monitor including child care, households headed by women, migrants, rural women, unemployment, and youth.

The Third World Conference on Women (1985)

The Third World Conference on Women took place in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1985, as the end-of-decade assessment of progress and failure in implementing the goals established by the World Plan of Action from the 1975 inaugural conference on women as modified by the World Programme of Action during the second conference. The conference also established concrete measures to overcome obstacles in achieving the Decade's goals. There were 1,400 delegates from 157 Member States at the conference; a parallel NGO Forum attracted around 12,000 participants. The Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women was adopted, with more extensive topics discussed, which outlined measures for achieving gender equality at the national level and for promoting women's participation in peace and development efforts.

The Fourth World Conference on Women (1995)

The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was held in Beijing in 1995, which marked a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality. The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action were adopted unanimously by 189 countries. It was an agenda for women's empowerment and considered the key global policy document to achieve global legal equity. It set strategic objectives and actions for the advancement of women and the achievement of gender equality in 12 critical areas. The conference built off of political agreements reached at the three previous global conferences on women, and consolidated five decades of legal advances aimed at securing gender equality. More than 17 thousand participants attended, including six thousand government delegates at the negotiations, along with more than four thousand accredited NGO representatives, a host of international civil servants and around four thousand media representatives. A parallel NGO Forum held in Huairou (a district of Beijing) also drew some 30 thousand participants.

Notes and references

• https://unwwo.org/
• https://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/world-conference-women-mexico-city
• https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/intergovernmental-support/world-conferences-on-women
• https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kristenghodsee/files/un_decade_reflections.pdf
• https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/otherconferences/Copenhagen/Copenhagen%20Full%20Optimized.pdf
• https://globalfeministjourneys.com/event/second-un-world-conference-on-women-copenhagen/
• https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kristenghodsee/files/un_decade_reflections.pdf

External links

• Official website

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