The Beijing Conference represents a turning point for the global movement in gender equality. It was the culmination of twenty years of advocacy and gender equality.” Nowrojee is the UN Foundation’s Associate Vice President of their Girls and Women Strategy division. The Beijing Conference was the first time that the international community integrated gender equality into the global development and rights agenda. For Osman, the Beijing conference represented the possibilities of what could be achieved through a shared agenda and a shared sense of hope. Nowrojee remarked that the autocratic leaders that champion these movements target women’s rights because it threatens their own agenda.