Subject(s): Women's rights. -- Women in Social conditions. -- Women in Economic conditions. -- Context of Beijing declaration and platform for action, intergovernmental mechanisms for follow up to Beijing conference, approaches underpinning the platform for action -- Overview of trends in implementation of Beijing platform for action -- Critical areas of concern of platform for action : Women and poverty, education and training of women, women and health, violence against women, women and armed conflict, economy, power and decision making, institutional mechanisms for advancement of women, human rights of women, women and media, environment, institutional arrangements, national, regional and international level, financial arrangements, bilateral, multilateral arrangements -- Trends and challenges of global change : Globalization, globalisation, conditions in world of work, migration, isues of identity, changing nature of conflict, natural disasters and epidemics, challenges of new communications technologies, towards new alliances and partnerships -- women & law