UN Women Conference | KZN delegation on gender equality talks

I return from the 69th annual conference of UN Women with a bittersweet taste. It is already several exercises in which I participate in this periodic meeting and I confess that it is increasingly difficult to assimilate the processes of internationalization of equality policies that not only have not just been taken over by states and governments, but are suffering an obvious setback even in the more advanced countries in this regard, with the …

30 years after Beijing: progress, setbacks and the road ahead for gender equality - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

In 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out an ambitious vision for gender equality, identifying twelve critical areas requiring urgent attention. These included women’s education, healthcare, political participation, economic independence and protection from violence. At the time, I was a political advisor to the Swedish Minister of EU Affairs and Trade, and I recall the excitement as we listened to the landmark speeches, p…

UN Women Conference | KZN delegation on gender equality talks

UN Women Conference | KZN delegation on gender equality talks Sandile Zikhali Wed, 03/26/2025 - 22:15 JOHANNESBURG - The 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women assessed challenges that hold back the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women around the world.Delegates from over 1-hundred-and-90 countries attended the conference in New York.The KwaZulu-Natal government attended together with the African Global Networks. AGN f…