Among the 35,000 plus women gathered in Beijing and Huairou in September 1995, ten were from The Feminist Majority. Here are on-site accounts that Feminist Majority Delegation members posted on The Feminist Majority Foundation Online throughout the conference. |
September 10, 1995 - Jennifer Jackman
Notes on Progress of Platform for Action Unwaged Work Issue is Contentious Unwaged work continues to be a contentious issue at the Fourth World Conference On Women. The European Union is seeking a return to language from the Social Summit held by the UN in Copenhagen this past summer. Language at that conference did not contain provisions urging countries to count women's unwaged work in their national accounting systems.
Proposed Fourth World Conference On Women language urges countries to count women's unwaged work in a national satellite count separate from the Gross National Product of those countries.
Schedule of Plenaries
Statistics on the Status of Women
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