United Nations Decade for Women 1976-1985
Women make up more than half the world's population, yet
perform two thirds of its work, receive one tenth of its income and own less than
one hundredth of its property. Increasing global awareness of these and other
inequities between the sexes was one of the goals of the United Nations Decade
for Women (1976-1985). According to Leticia R. Shahani, Secretary-General of
the World Conference marking the end of the Decade, "the Decade has caused
the invisible majority of humankind - the women - to be more visible on the
global scene".
The World
Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade
for Women, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 27 July 1985, assessed steps taken
during the Decade to improve the situation of women and devised strategies for
their further advancement during the remaining 15 years of the century.
Convened 10 years after International Women's Year (1975), the Nairobi meeting
was the third international conference on the status of women sponsored by the
United Nations. The first - the World Conference of the International Women's
Year - met in Mexico in 1975. A second was held at mid-Decade in 1980, in
Copenhagen.
Link
United Nations decade for
Women 1976-1985; 'really only a beginning...', from UN Chronicle
July 1985.
Stamp catalogue - 1985
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