Report / White Paper

What are the country’s three to five major achievements in the promotion of gender equality and
the empowerment of women since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
and the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly?

Samoa shares with its Pacific island neighbors a vulnerability to natural and economic shocks,
as well as challenges of social transformation. Over the past several decades Samoa has
weathered these storms, progressively strengthening essential service delivery while improving

2015 is a milestone year in the development arena; it was even dubbed as the international year of
evaluation. It will be the time when countries have to assess and evaluate themselves on the progress in

In 2015, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will carry out a review and appraisal of
the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World

New Zealand has a proud and growing history of women holding high-profile
leadership and decision-making positions. New Zealand has had two women
Prime Ministers: Dame Jenny Shipley from December 1997 to December 1999;

Nepal pledged for more gender equality and the empowerment of women since it participated in the
Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and committed to the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA)

The Women’s Affairs Department as mandated in the Reviewed Nauru National Women’s
Plan of Action 2004-2015, with its overall goal “to advance and improve the quality of
women’s lives in Nauru”, the Nauru National Women’s Policy with the Goal for “the full

In 2015, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will carry out a review
and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) and the outcomes of

Preparation of the National Report on Beijing+20 is a precious opportunity to both illustrate the
achievements in the Iranian women's and girls' empowerment and review the challenges.
Undoubtedly, the international mechanisms for promotion of women’s status, in particular the