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| Jiang Xiuhua, Former Deputy Director of and Researcher with Women's Studies Institute of China |
The upcoming Global Leaders' Meeting on Women carries the expectations of women worldwide, and it serves as an important opportunity for the global community to discuss the development of women's cause. I hope this event will both build consensus and promote substantive breakthroughs in promoting gender equality.
I was fortunate to be involved in work related to the NGO Forum on Women of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, and to witness the milestone event in global women's cause.
China was one of the first 49 countries to commit to implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Chinese Government solemnly declared to the world that gender equality is a fundamental national policy to promote China's social development. During the past 30 years, the Party (Communist Party of China) and the Chinese Government have carried forward the spirit of the Fourth World Conference on Women, fulfilled their commitments, and accelerated efforts to promote gender equality and women's all-round development.
China bears a great responsibility in promoting gender equality and women's all-round development. We should continue advancing the spirit of the Fourth World Conference on Women, summarizing our experiences, continuing exploration and innovation, and contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to the development of global women's cause. We should also strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and work together with women, around the world, to create a fair, harmonious and beautiful world.
In the field of education, I hope the upcoming Global Leaders' Meeting on Women will help ensure equal access to education for girls, and also raise women's educational level. In employment, I hope it will help eliminate gender discrimination, create quality jobs for women, and support women's innovation and entrepreneurship. In health, I hope it will increase attention to and investment in women's health. In political participation, I hope it will encourage more women to participate in decision-making, and help enhance women's political representation.
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(Source: Women of China)
Editor: Wang Shasha
