The Beijing Platform for Action is a strong forward-looking document. But we must keep moving forward. No setbacks can be allowed. Only then shall we provide hope for women. Hope for those women who experience lack of respect for human rights violence outside or inside their homes lack of influence over their lives and bodies lack of decision-making power lack of access to education lack of coherence between working life and family life, Gender equality is still not a reality.
Progress is too slow.
We must focus on action. The political will to push the process forward is not strong enough. We must try harder. We must fight poverty. And we must focus on women, including the disabled.