Beijing plus 10 : an ambivalent record on gender justice

Project number related to IDRC support could not be determinedGiven the increasingly organized opposition from conservative coalitions, Beijing Plus 10's achievement was to re-affirm the consensus reached 10 years earlier that was encoded in the Platform — not an insignificant achievement. However, drawing on indicators of "women's progress" the paper argues that the record of achievement regarding gender equality is more ambivalent than is sometimes assumed. It also argues that development policies have an important role to play in securing outcomes. Since the Beijing Conference there have been some significant shifts in international development policy along with a growing appreciation of the need to develop gender aware policies