The World Conference on Women of 1995 in Beijing was a watershed for the global women’s movement, as well as for the feminist movement in China. This widely attended conference produced the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) as its outcome document. Since 1995, the BPfA has served to guide the work of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as well as the commitments of UN member states to empower women and girls. In 2025, the CSW will mark the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, alongside the 15th anniversary of UN Women. This milestone offers a pivotal opportunity to celebrate global progress in gender equality while also highlighting the areas that still require focused attention.
Join us with Xingjuan Wang, a leading Chinese feminist activist and founder of the Maple Women’s Hotline, China’s first civil organization for women’s rights, as we reflect on the world’s most progressive blueprint for gender equality and engage in a dialogue about the future.
It will feature conversations between Xingjuan Wang, Rosemary Barberet (ISA Representative to the UN), Dawn Beichner-Thomas (World Society of Victimology Representative to the UN) and Sheetal Ranjan (representing the Division of Feminist Criminology of the American Society of Criminology). It is chaired by Joy Zhang (Director of GSEJ, Kent)
This event is co-hosted by the Centre of Global Science and Epistemic Justice (GSEJ) at the University of Kent, and the ISA Representatives to the UN.
The event is free and open to all, but registration is needed.
Time: 19 November, 2024, 20:00 Beijing Time, 12:00 GMT, 7:00 EST
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminist-approaches-to-justice-30-years-since-the-beijing-declaration-an-interview-with-xingjuan-tickets-1032564366817