Turkmenistan initiates Comprehensive National Review Bejing+25

As the global community marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and five years of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  and its Sustainable Development Goals, the moment is right to achieve irreversible and measurable progress towards this universal commitment to all women and girls, everywhere.   

The comprehensive national-level review will assess progress made in the implementation and identify challenges encountered.  It will take stock of achievements, identify gaps and setbacks, and outline strategies for addressing those gaps and challenges. Also, the review will result in renewed commitment and clear sets of priority actions, with timelines, actors and resources for their implementation.  It is important to note, that the review is a great tool to align and build synergies with work on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and galvanize its gender-responsive implementation.  

As per the global calendar, the national comprehensive reviews will be submitted by the Governments to the United Nations in May 2019 followed by regional reviews and consultations, consultative meetings at national and regional levels and presentations at the high-profile global events - 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2020 and High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Beijing+25 in September 2020. 

“There is a solid understanding about the importance of the comprehensive national review in supporting women empowerment and at the same time a great interest in informing the global community about the progress Turkmenistan has made towards attaining the targets under the Beijing Platform of Actions”, said Shemshat Atadjanova, Head of Democracy and International Relations Unit of the Institute of State, Law and Democracy of Turkmenistan.