On 20 February 2015, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the National Women’s Council of Ireland organised 'A Women’s Place is in the World!', a high level one-day conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women, where 189 countries adopted the UN Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality.
This conference celebrated achievements in advancing women’s rights in Ireland and globally over the past 20 years and set out the challenges that remain to be overcome.