Beijing +30 Survey

How Much Progress Has the US Made on Women’s Rights since 1995?

In 2024, The USWC decided to do a survey of American women to determine what progress had been made in the United States since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted 30 years before. We wanted to learn not only which of the 12 main areas of concern had progress been made, but also what issues were of most concern today in their own communities.

We conducted a wide survey covering women and girls of various ages, including those who attended the Beijing conference in 1995, as well as women from rural areas, minorities, and other groups such as single heads of household.  USWC Board Member Dr. Graciela Soto, who is Clinical Associate Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York designed and directed the survey. She presented the survey results to the USWC in January of 2026.

Here are some of the key findings from the Beijing +30 Survey:

• The areas of concern most frequently cited as having NO progress was Gender- Based Violence and Armed Conflict.
• 40% of all the respondents reported that only SOME progress has been made on Poverty and Human Rights
• When asked what were the issued concerned VERY IMPORTANT today, over ½ cited Health, Violence against Women and Education and Training
• 2/3 of the young girls in the survey cited Human Rights as their biggest concern today.

For more of the findings from the survey,please click here to download the Power Point presentation