# *** THE GREATNESS WHICH MIGHT BE THEIRS

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> *** THE GREATNESS WHICH MIGHT BE THEIRS 
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>     Reflections on the Agenda and Platform for Action for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women: Equality, Development and Peace 
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>     Beijing, China August-September 1995 
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> "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-Baha 
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>  ** TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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>         - Introduction: Religion as an Agent for Promoting the Advancement of Women at all Levels 
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>         - Education: Educating Girls: An Investment in the Future 
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>         - Health: Primary Health Care and the Empowerment of Women 
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>         - Violence: Ending Violence Against Women 
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>         - Economic Structures: Women in the Informal Sector in Malaysia 
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>         - Power Sharing Baha'i Law and Principle: Creating Legal and Institutional Structures for Gender Equality 
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>         - Mechanisms for Advancement: UNIFEM/Baha'i Project Raises Community Awareness 
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>         - Human Rights: Protection of Women's Rights 
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>         - Media: Women and the Broadcast Media: Legal Strategies for Enhancing the Portrayal of Women 
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>         - Girl Child: The Girl Child: A Critical Concern 
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>         - Appendix: The Status of Women in the Baha'i Community 
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>     [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.] 
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