Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women

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Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women is a comprehensive global policy framework adopted in 1985 that set long-term measures and guidelines to promote gender equality and improve the status of women worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations document
global policy framework
international action plan
addresses violence against women
women and peace
women and poverty
women in decision-making
women’s education and training
women’s employment
women’s health
adoptedAt Nairobi NERFINISHED
adoptedBy United Nations member states NERFINISHED
World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women NERFINISHED
adoptedInCountry Kenya NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 1985-07-26
adoptionYear 1985
aimsTo advance the status of women
eliminate discrimination against women
integrate women in development
promote gender equality
promote women’s participation in decision-making
approvalYear 1985
approvedBy United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED
approvedInResolution UN General Assembly resolution 40/108 NERFINISHED
contains measures for improving women’s access to education
measures for improving women’s access to health care
measures for improving women’s legal status
measures for increasing women’s economic opportunities
measures for increasing women’s political participation
policy guidelines for national governments
recommendations for international organizations
developedDuring United Nations Decade for Women NERFINISHED
focusesOn development
equality
peace
follows World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women’s Year NERFINISHED
geographicalScope worldwide
hasLegalStatus non-binding
implementedBy United Nations system NERFINISHED
national governments
non-governmental organizations
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
predecessorOf Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action NERFINISHED
relatedTo Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women NERFINISHED
timePeriodCovered 1986–2000

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