Report / White Paper

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

Georgia became an independent state in 1991. Since independence, Georgia has made efforts to
improve the situation of women, but these efforts must be reviewed against the larger political

Since 1960, a section has existed in Government to look after the interests of women. In 1987,
the Government established the Department for Women and Culture as the first national
machinery for gender in Fiji.

The period 1995 to 2014 has been a period of economic growth led by increased agricultural production,
exports, and remittances from international migration, lowering of dependency on external aid and a

Significant progress and achievements were made in improvement of legislation to ensure women rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan and implement state policy in the above