President Xi Jinping announces new measures to advance global women's cause
Beijing hosts 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
President Xi Jinping announced on Monday a slew of measures, including China's donation of an additional $10 million to UN Women over the next five years, to support the global women's cause, as leaders and representatives from across the world gathered in Beijing to renew their collective pledge to promote women's development.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women, Xi said his country will earmark a quota of $100 million in China's Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund for implementing development cooperation projects for women and girls in collaboration with international organizations.
In addition, China will launch 1,000 "small and beautiful" livelihood programs with Chinese assistance that take women and girls as priority beneficiaries, he said.
The two-day meeting is being held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, which adopted the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a milestone document in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment.
Over the past three decades, guided by the spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women, the cause of women has been thriving around the world, with equality between men and women now a universal consensus of the international community.
However, women's all-round development still faces complex challenges such as war and conflict and extreme poverty, as well as violence and discrimination.
"Looking ahead, we should rededicate ourselves to the purpose of the Beijing World Conference on Women," Xi said, as he outlined a four-point proposal aimed at building greater consensus, broadening the paths forward, and taking more concrete actions to accelerate women's all-round development.
He called for joint efforts to foster an enabling environment for women's growth, stressing that such development can only be achieved under the prerequisite of peace and tranquility.
Citing statistics, Xi said that more than 600 million women and girls worldwide are still mired in war and conflict, while around 10 percent live in extreme poverty. "We need to enhance the protection of women and girls in regions struck by war, conflict, poverty or natural disaster, and support the vital role of women in preventing conflict and rebuilding their homes," he said.
Xi also called for efforts to address global imbalances in women's development so that all women can share the benefits of economic globalization.
"Modernization of the world should involve and benefit women," he said, highlighting the importance of promoting high-quality development for women through scientific and technological innovation.
He further proposed jointly establishing a governance pattern to protect women's rights and interests and writing a new chapter in promoting global women's cooperation.
China will set up a center dedicated to promoting global women's capacity-building, through which it will work with relevant countries and international organizations to cultivate more outstanding female professionals, Xi announced.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women, Xi said his country will earmark a quota of $100 million in China's Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund for implementing development cooperation projects for women and girls in collaboration with international organizations.
In addition, China will launch 1,000 "small and beautiful" livelihood programs with Chinese assistance that take women and girls as priority beneficiaries, he said.
The two-day meeting is being held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, which adopted the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a milestone document in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment.
Over the past three decades, guided by the spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women, the cause of women has been thriving around the world, with equality between men and women now a universal consensus of the international community.
However, women's all-round development still faces complex challenges such as war and conflict and extreme poverty, as well as violence and discrimination.
"Looking ahead, we should rededicate ourselves to the purpose of the Beijing World Conference on Women," Xi said, as he outlined a four-point proposal aimed at building greater consensus, broadening the paths forward, and taking more concrete actions to accelerate women's all-round development.
He called for joint efforts to foster an enabling environment for women's growth, stressing that such development can only be achieved under the prerequisite of peace and tranquility.
Citing statistics, Xi said that more than 600 million women and girls worldwide are still mired in war and conflict, while around 10 percent live in extreme poverty. "We need to enhance the protection of women and girls in regions struck by war, conflict, poverty or natural disaster, and support the vital role of women in preventing conflict and rebuilding their homes," he said.
Xi also called for efforts to address global imbalances in women's development so that all women can share the benefits of economic globalization.
"Modernization of the world should involve and benefit women," he said, highlighting the importance of promoting high-quality development for women through scientific and technological innovation.
He further proposed jointly establishing a governance pattern to protect women's rights and interests and writing a new chapter in promoting global women's cooperation.
China will set up a center dedicated to promoting global women's capacity-building, through which it will work with relevant countries and international organizations to cultivate more outstanding female professionals, Xi announced.
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