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Title:  United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development & Peace

Location:  Jerome Library Main Microforms; fiche H 1106 1985 .W6

Format and Number of Reels/Fiche/Cards:  Microfiche; 63 fiche

Publisher:  UNIFO Publishers

Content Description:  Official and unofficial documents and papers from the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women held in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985. This conference assessed the progress made since the proceeding two conferences, held in Mexico City in 1975 and in Copenhagen in 1980. The themes of the conference were equality, development and peace. Topics included legal rights, education, employment, health care, political participation, economic challenges, families, apartheid, etc.

This collection includes all of the substantive official papers of the conference, statements made by non-governmental organizations, and miscellaneous related documents made available to the conference participants.

Language(s):  English

Arrangement:  By type of document. See the guide listed below for the location of specific documents.

Index/Bibliography:  World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women (1985: Nairobi, Kenya). Equality, Development, Peace: Index. (REF HQ 1106 .W67 1985c). Includes a list of all of the documents in the collection by type of documents and then by fiche.

Subject Categories:  History; Political Science; Women's Studies

Keywords:  un, u.n., united nations, decade for women, women

Time Period:  20th Century