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International Women's Year (IWY) was the name given to 1975 by the United Nations. Since that year March 8 has been celebrated as International Women's Day[1], and the United Nations Decade for Women, from 1976-1985, was also established.[2]

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International

The first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City from June 19 - 2 July 2.[2] It was attended by the following people, among others:

An International Women's Year Tribune was also organised and attended by 4,000 women in 1975.[2]

National

United States of America

Outcomes

As a result of the international focus on Women in 1975, a number of institutions were established:

References

  1. ^ International Women's Day
  2. ^ a b c "1st World Conference on Women, Mexico 1975". Choike, Third World Institute. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1453.html. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
  3. ^ a b "International Women's Year, 1975". National Archives of Australia. http://www.naa.gov.au/fSheets/fs237.html. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
  4. ^ Marian Sawer (29 September 2006). "Red, White and Blue, What Do They Mean to You? The Significance of Political Colours". http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/occa_lect/transcripts/290906/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
  5. ^ "Forum 1975". http://www.democrit.net/IWY/Forum1975.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
  6. ^ "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR, GREATER CLEVELAND CONGRESS". Case Western Reserve University. http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IWYGCC. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
  7. ^ "International Women's Year Conference Records". Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut. http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/IWY/MSS19860003.html. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
  8. ^ "Women's Movement page 6". SM Memory, State Library of South Australia. http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=677. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  

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