The UN Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995 was a landmark moment for women’s rights and gender equality, and over the past few years there have been calls for another conference, on a similar scale, to take place.
As a follow up to our panel session in New York this September (Beijing 25 Years On: Unfinished Business) New York University’s Anne Marie Goetz has asked a range of people from the UN, feminist organisations, and NGOs, including our own Caroline Sweetman – should there be a 5th World Conference on Women in 2020?