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A UN conference can’t hide China’s discomfort with women’s rights

By Amnesty International

By Sarah Brooks, China Director at Amnesty International Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, promised to advance women’s rights and empowerment worldwide, governments are once again gathering in Beijing to mark the special anniversary. For China, the U.N. […] The post A UN conference can’t hide China’s discomfort with women’s rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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