Beijing and Beyond: Reclaiming Development and Globalisation

1995

Ahead of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, DAWN launches Markers on the Way: The DAWN Debates on Alternative Development, coordinated by Gita Sen. Rooted in years of regional consultations across the global South, the publication consolidates feminist critiques of development, globalisation, and sustainability.

At Beijing, DAWN exposes the contradictions between economic growth, human development, and environmental sustainability—issues that governments and institutions largely evaded. DAWN pushes civil society to demand accountability from states and global institutions, insisting that real change requires transforming power at every level.