The Beijing Platform for Action

Areas of concern for the advancement of women and the societies in which they live.

1. Women and poverty;
   
2. Education and training of women;
3. Women and helath;
4. Violence against women;
5. Women and armed conflict;
6. Women and the economy;
7. Women in power and decision-making;
8. Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women;
9. Human rights of women;
10. Women and the media;
11. Women and the environment;
12. The girl child (the theme of 2007).