This publication, launched at the start of the Beijing at 10 review, highlights what UNFPA has done and is doing to support governments and civil society in each of the 12 critical areas of the Beijing Platform for Action. It also analyzes the connections between the Beijing Platform, UNFPA's work and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Focus on the Millennium Development Goals from a gender perspective. The authors examine the strengths and weaknesses of this way of understanding and addressing poverty, and suggest ways of strengthening the approach by using key insights and approaches associated with the thirty-year struggle to establish and uphold the rights of women.