| Description: | In February 1995, the Committee on the Administration of Justice's gender equality group (CAJ), met to discuss the production of what was to become the Beijing Quilt. It was agreed that the quilt, to be displayed at the Beijing World Conference on Women, would focus on the theme of Women's Rights are Human Rights.
And so, the final quilt was comprised of 30 panels from a variety of groups (and some individuals) across the island of Ireland: Women's groups, Irish Country Women's Associations, Traveller groups, Women's centres, Youth groups, Resource centres, Prisoner groups, Mother & Toddler groups and Peace groups.
Discrimination and repression of women across many spheres of society, on a global level, coupled with a strong sense of the power of women working in solidarity for a better world, are some of the key themes depicted in the quilt. |
