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2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing Declaration) – the most progressive blueprint for advancing women’s rights.
It also commemorates 20 years of Security Council Resolution 1325, 5 years of the Sustainable Development Goals, 10 years of UN Women and 75 years of the United Nations.

The UN System’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence activities, from 25 November to 10 December, will take place under our 2020 global theme: “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!”

2020

2020	EVENT
Jan-Dec	UN75
Jan 21-24	World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Feb 6	Intl Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Feb 10-28	75th session of CEDAW
Feb 14-16	Munich Security Conference
Feb 29	How the sex trade harms us all and how we can resist
Mar 4	The Time is Now: Women Leading Middle East Uprisings
Mar 7-8	Women's Forum Middle East
Mar 8	International Women’s Day
Mar 9-20	CSW64 / Beijing+25 (2020)
May 7-8	Generation Equality Forum: Mexico
Jun 19	Intl Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Jun 25-27	5th Global Entreps Awards & 5Gcitizens International Congress
Jul 7-10	Generation Equality Forum: France
Jul 7-16	UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
Jul 9	The Wild West of Prostitution
Jul 18-28	CESE Online Global Summit
Jul 20-22	20th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
Jul 30	World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Aug 6-7	World Woman Future Forum
Aug 9	National Women’s Day, South Africa
Aug 26	Women’s Equality Day, USA
Aug 28	Emirati Women’s Day
Sep 7-11	Torino Forum for Sustaining Peace
Oct	UNSCR 1325 & the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Oct 11	International Day of the Girl Child
Oct 11	World Woman Hour
Oct 17-18	FiLiA
Oct 26-29	1st European Gender Equality Week
Nov 9-11	Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders
Nov 9-20	COP 26
Nov 11-13	Paris Peace Forum
Nov 16	International Day for Tolerance
Nov 16-20	Pioneers of Change Summit
Nov 17-19	Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2020 : Virtual Edition
Nov 25	Intl Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 25-Dec 10	Orange the World: 16 Days of Activism
Nov 29	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Dec 10	Human Rights Day

2019

2019	EVENT
Jan 19	The #WomensWave
Feb 4-5	Madrid Conference 2019: Centering women and girls in ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation
Feb 6	Intl Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Feb 6-8	MAKERS Conference
Feb 14	Valentine’s Day / Women’s Memorial March
Feb 18-Mar 8	CEDAW 72 session
Feb 21	Women of Colour Against the Sex Trade
Feb 21-22	Conference "Human trafficking – a crime with too few convictions and too many victims"
Mar 8	International Women’s Day
Mar 11-22	CSW63
Apr 2-5	3rd World Congress Against The Sexual Exploitation Of Women And Girls
Apr 10-12	Women in the World Summit New York City
Apr 24-26	Tunis Forum on Gender Equality
May 14	2019 #MeToo conference
May 23-24	Conference "Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Crises"
May 23-26	European elections
May 24	Conference “Women’s Rights at the Crossroads”
Jun 3-6	Women Deliver 2019 Conference
Jun 19	Intl Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Jul 30	World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Jul 1-19	CEDAW 73 Session
Aug 9	National Women’s Day, South Africa
Aug 26	Women’s Equality Day, USA
Aug 28	Emirati Women’s Day
Sep 13-14	Australian Summit Against Sexual Exploitation (ASASE)
Sep 17-19	#MeToo Reykjavik
Sep 17-30	74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 74)
Sep 16-22	Basic Income Week (BIW)
Sep 21	International Peace Day "Climate Action for Peace"
Sep 23-27	SDG Action Zone
Sep 30-Oct 1	High-level conference: Europe for gender equality? Taking stock, taking action
Oct 2-4	PeaceCon 2019
Oct 14-18	WomenObject! Week of Action to End Sexual Exploitation
Oct 16	Conference: Call to Action for a Europe free from Prostitution
Oct 19-20	FiLiA 2019
Oct 21-Nov 8	CEDAW 74 session
Oct 26	Basic Income March
Oct 28	Feminists want system change! (civil society forum, Geneva)
Oct 29	19th anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Oct 29-30	Beijing+25 Regional Review Meeting
Nov 11-13	Paris Peace Forum
Nov 18-20	Women Leaders Global Forum Reykjavík, Iceland
Nov 22-23	World Woman Summit 2019
Nov 25	Intl Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 25-Dec 10	Orange the World
Dec 10	Human Rights Day

2021	EVENT
Nov 1-12	UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26)