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CSOs welcome participation, but question lack of progressive language and effective means for implementation
The Asia-Pacific States adopted the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment today. The declaration includes the States' commitments to accelerate the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) and will feed into the global review process dialogue to be held in 2015 at the 59th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).
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Bangkok, 18 November 2014
The representatives of Indonesian women who participated in Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review in Bangkok, Thailand organized on 17-18 November 2014 express our disappointment on the statements of Indonesian government in response to the Asian Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment draft outcome document which will be adopted as official statements of Asia and Pacific countries for the advancement of women's rights as mentioned in the Beijing Platform for Action +20.
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