The Beijing India Report 2024:
The Beijing India Report 2024, submitted on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), highlighted progress on gender equality and exposed gaps in addressing the gender-climate nexus.
- Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action (1995) was a landmark global framework adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women by the United Nations.
- It identified 12 critical areas for action, including poverty, education, health, violence against women, and decision-making.
- The Declaration emphasized women’s rights as human rights and promoted legal and social reforms to achieve gender equality.
- India, as a signatory, has enacted several laws including the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (2005) and the POSH Act (2013) for workplace safety. However, their implementation remains inconsistent, revealing a gap between legislation and lived reality.
- India is a signatory to several international frameworks that mandate gender equity and climate justice, including:
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948),
- ICCPR (1966),
- CEDAW (1979),
- UN Convention Against Corruption (2003),
- Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, and
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
