WOMENS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN-RIGHTS - PLATFORM FOR ACTION

The strongest international statement about women's rights emerged fro m the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Septembe r 1995 in Beijing. In their Platform for Action, UN delegates unanimou sly agreed that rights of women and the girl child are an indivisible part of universal human rights. This paper discusses violence against women as a violation of human rights and the philosophy behind this co ncept. The paper also explains the first organized gathering of intern ational social workers in conjunction with a UN conference. Finally, t he Platform for Action and what it means to international social work is explained.