Women’s rights in 2025: Hope, resilience, and the fight against backlash

Navigating Progress, Overcoming Challenges, and Shaping the Future

This year, this month marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – a bold international agreement on women’s rights adopted by governments in 1995 that remains unmatched in ambition. In reviewing its progress, 24 percent of countries say that the backlash against gender equality has undermined the implementation of com…