New Delhi, March 6 -- A new United Nations report has found that nearly a quarter of governments worldwide reported a backlash against women's rights in 2024, marking a troubling reversal of progress. Released ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March, the report by UN Women, Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing, underscored the urgent need to safeguard and advance gender equality amid growing threats.

UN Women has also launched the Beijing+30 Action Agenda, a roadmap aimed at addressing the unfinished business of gender equality in light of the report's findings.

Despite three decades of progress since the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - the most comprehensive global framework for gender equality - man...