International Women's Year

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, and the United Nations Decade for Women, from 1976–1985, was also established.

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The first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City from June 19–2 July. The 1975 conference and IWY were part of a larger United Nations program which developed over the Decade of Women (1976–85), and included the drafting and of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), agreed at the second conference in 1980 in Copenhagen. The 1985 third conference in Nairobi, Kenya not only closed the decade of women, but set a series of member state schedules for removal of legislated gender discrimination in national laws by the year 2000. The 1973-5 planning of the IWY, led by Assistant Secretary General for Social and Humanitarian Affairs Helvi Sipila was very much influenced by the rise of Second Wave Feminist movements throughout the developed world in the early 1970s. Delegates sought to deepen these advances in legal recognition of female equality and bring them to the developing world, and promote the role of women as an aid for economic development.

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Norwegian director Vibeke Løkkeberg is in Berlin with her Forum feature documentary , over 50 years after she starting filming it at the first International Women’s Film Seminar in West Berlin in 1973.

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The Hill 17 Feb 2025
These levels vary by sport, governing body and even year ... Over the years, organizations like the International Olympic Committee have acknowledged transgender athletes and allowed trans women to compete.

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RTE 17 Feb 2025
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The Gazette Cedar Rapids 16 Feb 2025
To counter these misperceptions, the program of this year’s International Women’s Day celebration will be in a rich array of languages spoken by members of JCUNA — Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, Swahili, Kikuyu, Farsi.

Islamabad Women Gala calls for stronger support for women entrepreneurs

Urdu Point 16 Feb 2025
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RNZ 15 Feb 2025
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Urdu Point 14 Feb 2025
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Iowa City Press-Citizen 14 Feb 2025
In 1972, the state of Iowa created the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women to oversee women’s issues ... A year after The International Women’s Year Conference, Mexico City 1975, Brodbeck established the Council on the Status of Women in 1976.

Thousands spent holy 'Shab-e-Barat' in prayer, penance in Kashmir

International Business Times 14 Feb 2025
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The Daily Mail 14 Feb 2025
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