BEPA monthly brief, Issue No. 72, March 2014
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2014

Gender equality is, first and foremost, a human right.Both women and men are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and from fear.Empowering women is also an indispensable tool for advancing development and reducing poverty.Over the last few decades, the issue of women's rights has received growing attention, especially following the organisation of the fourth World Conference on women in Beijing in 1995.