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Mock Questions
Since 1975, United Nations has organized 4 world conferences on Women at Mexico, Copenhagen, Nairobi and Beijing.
1995: The fourth World conference on Women, at Beijing, China led to Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
1.Environment
2.Poverty
3.Economy
4.Health
Therefore, All states must work for poverty removal, sustainable Development and involve women in
policy formulation.
All states must facilitate agriculture loans, land ownership, education and vocational Development for
poor women.
adopt gender budgeting and give social security cover / pension to women.
Ensure that migrant women and working women are not exploited.
All states must provide affordable healthcare and family planning to women.
Prevent prenatal sex determination, forced abortion, genital mutilation and other forms of medical
abuse.
In every third world country, girl child is discriminated against, from her childhood to adulthood- female
infanticide, child marriage, child prostitution, genital mutilation, sexual abuse, incest, child labour and so on.
Therefore, all states must remove gender-biased syllabus from books, must ban child labour, increase
girls enrollment in primary and higher education, improve their health-nutrition, and protect them from all
forms of abuse.
5.Girl child6.Educationtraining
7.Violence
8.Human rights
Environmental degradation increases unremunerated work of women e.g. they have to walk for longer
distances to fetch water and firewood.
All states must give gender sensitization training to its judicial, police and health officials.
Create shelters for female victims, provide them medical, legal and vocational assistance.
9.Armed conflicts
10.Institutional
mechanisms
11.Decision-making
12.Media
Governments must take all actions to stop violence against women in public and private life.
Governments should reduce military Expenditure, and use the money for peaceful development.
During armed conflicts, security personnel involved in extrajudicial conflicts (fake-encounters), sexualabuse, custodial abuse etc. must be punished without velvet glove treatment.
All states must form institutes to help women participate in policy making at national and regional level.
Ensure gender balancing during appointments in Government bodies, judiciary and bureaucracy.
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2005
2014
November
2015
March
To review the 20 years implementation at National and regional level and do decide Post-2015 action for gender equality.
Poverty
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Migrant women are not given basic labour rights such as union-formation and collective bargaining.
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Weve to strictly enforce CEDAW- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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Many women survive on less than $2 a day. Weve to solve this persistent feminization of poverty.
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At primary school, girl-students have increased but weve to ensure they continue till highschool and vocational training. Only
then, education will improve economic conditions of women.
Public-Health
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Weve to pay special focus to girl child, indigenous (tribal) women, and disabled women.
Maternal Mortality ratio has declined in Asia, female life expectancy has improved. But challenges still remain: shortage of birth
attendants, family planning, unsafe abortions.
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Safety
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The police and judicial officers still behave with gender-stereotype mindset.
Were worried about the rising incidents of sexual crimes, cybercrimes and domestic violence against women. Even medieval
practices such as witch-hunting, honor-killing and genital mutilation are reported from some countries.
Internet and Mobile companies need to ensure safety of women. (recall Uber-App Delhi-rape incident)
Decision Making
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Some countries have provided women reservation in local-political bodies. We welcome this. But still, women participation is
dismal in parliament and corporate governance.
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Need to improve gender-budgeting mechanism to stop duplication of schemes and ensure accountability on money spent.
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Governments should help NGOs and grassroot organizations working for women rights.
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Yes, our country has deep rooted gender inequalities in education, employment, decision and health care.
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But there is no armed conflict in the country. In other words, UN and foreign NGOs need not poke their head in alleged womenabuse during operations against Maoists, secessionists and terrorists in India.
In the ministerial declaration, India forced the panel members to change the word caste to social origin.
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In other words, Caste is not a factor for gender inequality in India (!). Perhaps this wordplay was done to ensure UN racial
discrimination Committees and foreign NGOs do not poke their head in caste-based violence in of India. In 2001 too, India followed the
same line: caste-discrimination is not same as racism.
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Weve take many initiative for women safety and women empowerment: Nirbhaya fund, Beti bachao, Janani Suraksha, women
reservation in local bodies and so on.
Mock Questions
Q1. Find correct statement(s) about Beijing declaration and platform for action
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Both A and B
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Neither A nor B
Q2. Find incorrect statement(s) about Beijing+20 Meeting for Asia Pacific nations.
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Its main purpose was to review the implementation of Beijing Declaration on protection of women during armed conflicts.
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Answer choices
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Only 1 and 2
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Only 2 and 3
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Only 1 and 3
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All of Them
Q3. At Beijing+20 review meeting for Asia-Pacific countries, government of India ___.
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Only 1 and 2
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Only 2 and 3
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Only 1 and 3
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None of them
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Both A and B
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Neither A nor B
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Answer choices
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Only 1 and 2
B.
Only 2 and 3
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Only 3 and 4
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Only 1 and 4
The rigidity of socially ascribed gender role is the main contributing factors to feminization of poverty. Elaborate
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(GS2) Beijing declaration is considered the watershed document for gender equality in World. Discuss the policies and schemes
by Government for its full implementation in India.
(Essay) Equality for women is progress for all. [This was the theme of International Womens Day 2014]
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(Interview) Beijing declaration wants countries to introduce age-appropriate sex education. Are you in favour of this? Justify your
stand.