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The United Nations Decade for Women was a period from 1976 to 1985 focused on the policies and issues that impact women, such as pay equity, gendered violence, land holding, and other human rights. It was adopted December 15, 1975, by the United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 31/136 .
World Conference on Women, 1975, Mexico City, first of a series held by the United Nations; Women's Ordination Conference, 1975, Detroit, Michigan, advocating ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church; 1977 National Women's Conference, held in Houston, Texas, with 2,000 delegates and over 15,000 observers; 1977 Women's National ...
The conference raised the issue of feminism within the Chicano community. [18] It led to the creation of resolutions from two of the largest workshops, "Sex and the Chicana" and "Marriage--Chicana Style" which addressed women's rights, access to birth control and abortions and for Chicana women to denounce machismo, discrimination in education, double standards for men and women and "the ...
[49] [50] The delegation asked if a Women's Commission could be included in the conference to address the concerns of women and children. [35] [36] At the meeting Wilson suggested, instead, that the male diplomats from the peace conference form a Women's Commission to which the Inter-Allied Women's Conference could serve as advisers. [36]
The purpose of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York is: 1. To provide a forum during CSW for the exchange of information and for substantive discussion on issues and policies related to women under UN consideration and other relevant women-related studies and programs; 2.
The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was the name given for a conference convened by the United Nations during 4–15 September 1995 in Beijing, China. [ 1 ]
An abundance of people attended the 1977 National Women's Conference and "delegates ranged from students and homemakers attending their first women's conference to Presidents of National Women's groups." [15] The head of the conference was Congresswoman Bella Abzug who spoke in front of more than 20,000 of her fellow advocates. [16]
The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington D.C. , with 80 speakers and 49 delegates representing 53 women's organizations from 9 countries: Canada , the United ...