The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action adopted unanimously by 189 countries at the United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. It recognizes women’s rights as human rights and sets out a comprehensive roadmap for achieving equality between women and men. It aims at accelerating the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and at removing all the obstacles to women’s active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making. The Platform for Action is an agenda for women’s empowerment.