Making women matter : the role of the United Nations /

Pietilä, Hilkka,

Making women matter : the role of the United Nations / Hilkka Pietilä and Jeanne Vickers. - ix, 177 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Authors' preface -- Towards New Millennia: Forward from Nairobi -- Development from Women's Point of View -- Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women: Equality-Development-Peace -- The United Nations Decade for Women: 1976-1985 -- The Importance of Other World Conferences -- An Institutional Breakthrough in the United Nations System -- The UN System's Concrete Commitment to Women -- The Emerging Rights of Women -- The Issues for the '90s: Violence Against Women and the Environment -- Promises and Doubts: Women's Future with the United Nations -- List of acronyms and addresses for further information -- Annex: 1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (full text) -- Annex: 2. Selected Guidelines and Checklists for Women in Development (INSTRAW) -- Annex: 3. Organizations that have agreed to implement the System-wide Medium-term Plan for Women and Development -- Annex: 4. United Nations World Conferences 1972-1994 -- Annex: 5. How to organize a national or local campaign -- Annex: 6. Relevant International Instruments -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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United Nations


Women in development
International Women's Decade, 1976-1985
Women's rights.

HQ1240 / .P54 1990

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