Soroptimist International - Thames Valley
Twelve Critical Areas
Awareness, Advocacy and Action
The Beijing Platform for Action
- The persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women
- Inequalities and inadequacies in and unequal access to education and training
- Inequalities and inadequacies in and unequal access to health care and related services
- Violence against women
- The effects of armed and other kinds of conflict on women, including those living under foreign occupation
- Inequality of economic structures and policies, in all forms of productive activities and in access to resources
- Inequality between men and women in the sharing of power and decision making at all levels
- Insufficient mechanisms at all levels to promote the advancement of women
- Lack of respect for and inadequate promotion and protection of the human rights of women
- Stereotyping of women and inequality in women's access to and participation in all communication systems, especially in the media
- Gender inequalities in the management of natural resources and in the safeguarding of the environment
- Persistent discrimination against and violation of the rights of the girl child
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