

Index of the "The Greatness Which Might Be Theirs"

Reflections on the Agenda and Platform for Action for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women: Equality, Development and Peace

Beijing, China

August - September 1995

	As long as women are prevented from attaining their highest possibility, so long will men be unable to achieve the greatness which might be theirs. --'Abdu'l-Bahá


Table of Contents


  - Introduction: Religion as an Agent for Promoting the Advancement of Women at all Levels

  - Education: Educating Girls: An Investment in the Future

  - Health: Primary Health Care and the Empowerment of Women

  - Violence: Ending Violence Against Women

  - Economic Structures: Women in the Informal Sector in Malaysia

  - Power Sharing: Bahá'í­ Law and Principle: Creating Legal and Institutional Structures for Gender Equality

  - Mechanisms for Advancement: UNIFEM/Bahá'í­ Project Raises Community Awareness

  - Human Rights: Protection of Women's Rights

  - Girl Child: The Girl Child: A Critical Concern

  - Appendix: The Status of Women in the Bahá'í­ Community


This essay was published in The Greatness Which Might Be Theirs, a compilation of reflections on the Agenda and Platform for Action for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women: Equality, Development and Peace, published for distribution at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and the parallel NGO Forum in Huairou, China, August/September 1995.

BIC Document #95-0826