UN event calls for empowering working women

Domestic and international organizations are calling for stronger protections for women's workplace rights, including gender equality at work, improved social care to ease family burdens and skills training in line with technological advancements.

At a recent meeting in Beijing, held as a side event of the ongoing 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in New York, officials and representatives from the organizations praised progress in gender equality and women's empowerment over the past few decades, but also noted that challenges remain.

The meeting was jointly organized by the UN Women China Office, the China Federation of Internet Societies and the International Labor Organization's country office for China and Mongolia to mark the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a global commitment to advancing women's rights.