Women’s Rights
in Review 30 Years
After Beijing
BEIJING+30
ACTION AGENDA:
FOR ALL WOMEN
AND GIRLS
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, agreed in 1995 by 189 coun-
tries, elaborates actions under 12 critical areas for concern. These generate
gains for women and girls across all areas of their lives – and underpin
achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goals.
Based on evidence from the thirtieth anniversary review of progress on
the Beijing Platform for Action, including the national reports of 159 Member
States, and consultation with partners, UN-Women has defined a Beijing+30
Action Agenda. It comprises six key actions to make faster strides on both
platform commitments and the global goals. The actions accelerate equality
by freeing women and girls from poverty and increasing their voice, choice
and safety. They help close persistent gaps in implementing the platform re-
vealed by the review, towards translating its promises into real and rapid
changes in the lives of women and girls.
Each action would unite people from diverse backgrounds, across coun-
tries and regions, to move forward together. Each is meant explicitly for
ALL women and girls.
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Beijing+30 Actions
1 2 3
For All Women and Girls: For All Women and Girls: For All Women and Girls:
A Digital Revolution Freedom from Poverty Zero Violence
A notable 70% of countries are Social protection programmes While 79% of countries have
boosting science, technology, have grown in 79% of countries. national action plans and 90%
engineering, mathematics and Disparities in access remain have laws to end violence against
digital skills among women among the most marginalized women and girls, most do not
and girls but are still slow in women, however, including those provide nearly enough funding,
translating education gains in informal work. The share of enforcement or protection.
into better jobs. countries promoting decent care
jobs is trending up but slowly. Adopt, implement and fund
Ensure women and girls can legislation to end violence against
reap the economic benefits of the Address women’s poverty women and girls and develop
digital revolution, accessing new by investing national budgets comprehensive national action
skills, opportunities and services, in social protection and plans, including support and
by bridging the digital gender high-quality public services, coordination with community-led
gap and providing equal access including in women’s health, organizations to extend the reach
to digital technology, financial girls’ education and care. These of services.
services, markets and networks. investments can also create
millions of decent, green jobs.
Across All Actions: Adolescent Girls and Young Women
The Beijing+30 Action Agenda puts adolescent girls and youth at the heart of all its efforts as
the best way to guarantee success, both today and tomorrow. This includes amplifying the voice
and leadership of young women and girls, closing the last mile of girls’ secondary education
completion rates and ending violations of their rights, including child, early and forced marriage.
Foundations Advancing the Beijing+30 Action Agenda calls for
a unified push on two core foundations: FINANCING
for Change FOR GENDER EQUALITY and MOBILIZING GENDER
DATA. The United Nations estimates that $360 billion
in additional investment per year is required to achieve
gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030.
Progressive fiscal reform and an overhaul of the global
financial architecture that creates and exacerbates
global inequalities are long overdue.
4 5 6
For All Women and Girls: For All Women and Girls: For All Women and Girls:
Full and Equal Decision- Peace and Security Climate Justice
Making Power
As crises multiply, 112 countries While 53% of countries have
While 52% of countries have and territories have adopted integrated gender in disaster
temporary special measures national action plans on women, and climate laws and policies,
to boost women’s participation peace and security. But only only 34% have taken steps to
in politics, limited compliance 28% have increased funds ensure women’s access to green
slows progress towards equal to implement them, despite jobs. This undermines the potential
representation. It also undercuts the devastating impacts of crises to build equality into transitions
the quality of policymaking and on women and girls and their to sustainable development.
accountability to women and girls. proven roles in resolving them.
Prioritize the rights of women
Accelerate the achievement Drive accountability for the and girls, including those from
of women’s full and equal deci- women, peace and security rural and Indigenous communi-
sion-making power in private agenda and gender-responsive ties, in the transition to environ-
and public domains and at all humanitarian action by adopting mental sustainability by centring
levels of government, including fully financed national action them in climate action and the
by applying temporary special plans and funding the local conservation of biodiversity,
measures. women’s organizations leading ensuring they can develop new
responses to crises and conflicts. skills to gain green jobs and
guaranteeing their access to
productive assets and land rights.
Women’s organizations, an engine of change across
the Beijing+30 Action Agenda, require sustainable
and flexible funding to do their essential work.
Accelerated progress also depends on filling gender
data gaps, generating evidence and putting it in
the hands of policymakers, advocates and activists
at the forefront of change.
A Strategy to Act
A three-pronged strategy will make the Beijing+30
Action Agenda a reality:
Support all governments to commit to one or two actions aligned
1 with national priorities and develop roadmaps for Country Actions
to be announced at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level
Meeting on Beijing+30 in September 2025.
2 Collectively bolster the crucial role of civil society actors demanding
gender equality and women’s rights, including by providing more
resources and greater civic space.
Strengthen the effectiveness of the multilateral system in delivering
3 for women and girls by turbo-charging implementation of the
Secretary-General’s Gender Equality Acceleration Plan.
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This summary report highlights findings from the United Nations Secretary-General’s
report on the review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
the most comprehensive stocktaking on gender equality and women’s rights
available globally. In 2025, the world celebrates 30 years of achievement
on the platform, a visionary 1995 plan agreed by 189 governments to achieve
the equal rights of ALL women and girls.
The review reflects global, regional and national reviews of 159 countries,
summarizing progress and priorities for further action. It finds that many countries
have made strides on gender equality and women’s empowerment, from banning
discrimination in employment to adopting gender-responsive climate action plans.
Innovation is accelerating progress, and opportunities are opening to scale up proven
strategies. Yet gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in all economies and
societies, imposing chronic constraints on the rights and hopes of women and girls.
Extensive participation in the review reflects the continued relevance and critical
importance of the Beijing Platform for Action, including in reaching the global
Sustainable Development Goals. Based on the findings, UN-Women has collaborated
with partners to design the Beijing+30 Action Agenda. This brings people together
to realize the promises of the platform and the global goals, reinforcing how
everyone has a role to play.
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