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first international congress of woman
The International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), on behalf of twelve million women from 26 countries, had released a manifesto calling for conciliation -
adoption of universal declaration of human rights
is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Of the then 58 members of the United Nations, 48 voted in favor, none against, eight abstained, and two did not vote -
covention on political rights of women
The Convention's purpose is to codify a basic international standard for women's political rights -
first international omens year first global
The Commission on the Status of Women called for the organization of the first world conference on women to coincide with International Women’s Year. The World Conference of the International Women's Year was subsequently held in Mexico City -
the UN general assembly adopts the woman
he Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981 after the twentieth country had ratified it. -
adoption of the declaration on the
representatives of 171 States adopted by consensus the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights, thus successfully closing the two-week World Conference and presenting to the international community a common plan for the strengthening of human rights work around the world. -
UN women is formed out of a number of existing UN
In an historic move, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously today to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. -
unites nations passes as historic
the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling on the nations of the world to eliminate female genital mutilation, a term used to refer to several different practices involving cutting of female genital organs for non-medical purposes. Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. Secretary General, called the action “historic” and a move towards a world without violence against women