The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review (Beijing+30) was held in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2024.
Beijing+30 brought together nations from the Asia-Pacific, to review the region’s progress towards implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) – a global blueprint for advancing women’s and girls’ human rights - adopted in 1995.
Ms Padma Raman PSM, Executive Director, Office for Women led Australia’s delegation. Ms Raman delivered Australia’s national statement for Beijing+30 (PDF 132 KB) (the statement). The statement acknowledged the need for countries to push back on those seeking to reverse the human rights of women and girls, particularly sexual and reproductive health and rights. It also outlined Australia’s progress on the BPfA implementation since the last review submitted in 2019, reflecting on the significant legislative, policy, and structural reforms that have taken place to progress gender equality in Australia. View the presentation of Australia’s national statement for Beijing +30 on UN WebTV and read the national review of Australia’s progress toward implementation of the BPfA at National Report on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (PDF 1.6 MB).
The Beijing+30 Review will feed into a global synthesis report on how countries are implementing the BPfA. The synthesis report will be tabled at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) at the United Nations New York headquarters in 2025. Australia will send an official delegation to CSW69 to further advance the human rights of women and girls globally.
Australia’s delegation also included Ms Stephanie Copus Campbell, Australia’s Ambassador for Gender Equality, Dr Anna Cody, Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Ms Joslyn Eades-Tass, Chairperson of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Womens Alliance, and Ms Clare Gibelini from Women with Disabilities Australia. The delegation participated in a large number of events in both a speaking and listening capacity, to understand the most pressing gender equality priorities across the region and share the work being undertaken in Australia to protect and advance gender equality.
