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News: The Beijing India Report, 2024 was submitted on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), highlighting the achievements and future course to be taken by India to achieve gender equality. Beijing India Report 2024.
About Beijing India Report 2024
- It is a bilateral analysis conducted by Chinese think tanks, assessing India’s economic, technological, and geopolitical trajectory, focusing on areas like semiconductor manufacturing and Indo-Pacific strategy.
- It highlights China’s strategic interest in India’s growth and attempts to recalibrate bilateral ties amid border tensions and trade imbalances ($100 billion in 2023).
- The report marks three decades since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration, reflecting on India’s progress in gender equality. However, it identifies a significant gap in integrating gender considerations into climate policies, particularly affecting rural women.
- This oversight presents an opportunity to enhance gender-responsive climate action in India.
About Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- It is the world’s most comprehensive, visionary plan ever created to achieve the equal rights of ALL women and girls, outlining an action plan for gender equality across 12 dimensions such as education, health, economics and politics.
- It was agreed to by 189 governments in 1995, at the Fourth World Conference on Women.
- Importance of India: It has helped India focus attention on gender perspectives in policies, pass the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act and the POSH Act, and push for the economic empowerment of women.
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