Beijing has been sweltering under a heat wave in recent days, which has made tiring work for grassroots-level workers who are in charge of intensive community-based epidemic prevention and control.
In March, the Beijing Women's Federation (BWF), from the unique perspective of women, devoted a special report page on its Englishwebsite and a video clip to tell women's anti-epidemic stories and share China's anti-epidemic experience.The section "HER BeijingStories in 2020" of the page has presented plenty ofwomen's personal stories in the nationwide anti-COVID-19 battle, including grassroots women sticking to their posts, women's organizations mobilizingpeople to donate money and goods, women medical workers fighting on the front line, women volunteers taking part in community-based epidemic containment, women protecting their families' health and craftswomen and female artists creating anti-epidemic works.The page has drawn worldwide attention with more than 3.36 million views.
This year's International Women's Day, March 8,is unusual and of great importance. It coincideswith the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference onWomen and with sucha critical moment as the human race battles the novel coronavirus.The Beijing Women'sFederation (BWF)organized a series of online exchange activitiesto commemorate this special day based on Chinese and foreign women's consensus.
This year’s 25th anniversary of Copenhagen Declaration and Beijing Platform for Action come at the time of one of the most challenging global health and social crises.
