社会性别主流化原则是在妇女问题世界会议举行过程中形成的。在书面材料中，国际社会一致认为全球会议和国际会议在联合国的各项进程中都具有重大价值，但各缔约国和一些非政府组织至今仍缺乏热情再参与妇女问题国际会议。这主要是因为它们害怕某些缔约国会利用新的国际会议来推翻已经达成的协议。现实也存在这种担心。这种机会主义的做法是应当受到谴责的，它们的目的是可耻的。
The principle of gender mainstreaming arose through the world conferences on women and there is general agreement in the literature that global, international conferences are of immense value within UN processes, but thus far there has been a lack of enthusiasm among states parties and some NGOs to engage in a further international conference on women. This is due largely to a realistic fear that some parties will use it as an opportunity to go back on already established agreements. Such opportunism is deplorable and the goal disgraceful.