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The Nairobi Conference: The Powerless Majority

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2022

Margaret E. Galey
Margaret E. Galey*
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U.S House of Representatives
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , Spring 1986 , pp. 255 - 265
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1986

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References

1 UN, Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the UN Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace (Nairobi, 15–26 July 1985) “Forward Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women” (A/Conf. 116/28/Rev. 1), United Nations, New York, 1986, pp. 2–89.

2 UN, Report of the World Conference of the International Women's Year, “World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the IWY” (E/Conf.66/34), United Nations, New York, 1976, pp. 8–43. For an interpretation of the Mexico City Conference, see Whitaker, Jennifer Seymous, “State of the World's Women,” Foreign Affairs, Fall, 1975.Google Scholar

3 UN General Assembly Resolution 3520 (XXX) was adopted on 15 Dec. 1975 107–1 (Israel)-26.

4 UN, Report of the UN World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, “World Program of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the UN Decade for Women” (A/Con. 94/35), New York, United Nations, 1980. See also U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Report of the Congressional Staff Advisors to the U.S. Delegation to the UN World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, Washington, D.C., USGPO, December, 1980.

5 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, “UN Conference to Review and Appraise the UN Decade for Women: Report of the Congressional Staff Advisors to the U.S. Delegation to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C. USGPO, January, 1986. For a discussion of the Conference proceedings, see note 1 above.

6 This discussion is based on the “State of the World's Women,” UN, New York, 1985 which summarizes the Review and Appraisal of Progress Achieved and Obstacles Encountered at the National Level in the Realization of the Goals and Objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women” Equality, Development and Peace, Report of the Secretary-General, (A/Conf.116/5, Add. 1–14; 11 December 1984), Vienna, United Nations, 1984. See also Sivard, Ruth Leger, Women … A World Survey, Washington, D.C.: World Priorities, 1985.Google Scholar

7 Galey, M. E., “Promoting Non-Discrimination Against Women: The UN Commission on the Status of Women,” International Studies Quarterly, June, 1979, pp. 273–302.CrossRefGoogle Scholar See also the “International Enforcement of Women's Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly, August, 1985.

8 UN, World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, Report of the Secretary-General, (A/Conf.116/4; 11 December 1984), 243.Google Scholar