06.01.2020

Campaigners hail year of key global gatherings and events as vital opportunity to secure ‘bold, accountable commitments and action’

Everybody is talking about it': women's rights to take centre stage in 2020

The Guardian "World leaders, civil society and the private sector are preparing to make 2020 the biggest year yet for the advancement of women’s rights.

Over the course of the year, thousands of people are expected to attend high-level UN events and forums in Mexico City and Paris to mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing platform for action, a landmark agreement to end gender inequality." (Photo: Nairobi Summit on ICPD25/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)