Dar es Salaam, Feb. 8 -- DAR ES SALAAM: THIS year, the world is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which was adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.

Marking 30 years now, the conference brought together thousands of people from around the world to discuss womens rights and gender equality.

It included government delegates, civil servants, media and Non-Governmental Organizations representatives.

The Beijing Conference was proceeded by three major United Nations conferences on women which included the First World Conference on Women (1975) held in Mexico City, Mexico which marked the beginning of the UN Decade for Women (1976–1985). The gathering fo...