The Beijing Declaration at the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995) noted that, “Women’s empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the decision-making process and access to power, are fundamental for the achievement of equality, development and peace”.
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: Demographic trends, technological progress and economic growth in advanced economies Speech by Mr Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the 66° Congresso Nazionale di Pediatria (66th National Paediatrics Congress), Rome, 22 October 2010.