Women’s rights then and now.




When Moroccan human rights expert Rabéa Naciri attended the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, she knew it was a turning point for women’s rights.
“It brought valuable lessons, broadened alliances and strengthened solidarities,” she said. “The adoption [of the Platform for Action] represented a turning point, as it was accompanied by an actionable framework and direct accountability for States, requiring them to develop and implement national action plans.”


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Ms. Naciri recalls how feminist activists from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia came together as a collective to advocate for family law reforms in the country and globally. For them, the conference in Beijing was a milestone in their pursuit of equality, rights and justice. Now, 30 years later, she looks at women’s rights, then and now. Read the full interview.

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