The unfinished story of women and the United Nations
By: by Hilkka Pietilä
Contributors: Peoc'h, Beth; United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service
Series: NGLS development dossier; NGLS development dossiers -- 14.
Publisher: UN, Non-Governmental Liaison Service
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York; Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9789211011791
Subjects: Women's rights; Treaties; Non-governmental organizations; Women; Societies and clubs; Directories; UN system; Womens status; NGOs; Organizational reform; WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS; CONFERENCES; TREATIES; GENDER EQUALITY; GENDER MAINSTREAMING; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS; DIRECTORIES; League of Nations; United Nations. Commission on the Status of Women; United Nations; United Nations. Decade for Women; UN System; UN. Commission on the Status of Women; UN; World Conference on Women (4th : 1995 : Beijing, China); Beijing Plus 10 Conference to Commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (2005 : Beijing); World Conference on Women. fast (OCoLC)fst01408640; World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace (1995 : Beijing) unbisn; Beijing Plus 10 Conference to Commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (2005 : Beijing) unbisn; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979 December 18); Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979); UN Decade for Women : Equality, Development and Peace (1976-1985)
Notes: Edited by Beth Peoc'h.

Available also at UN-NGLS website (viewed 13 Feb. 2007).

Annexes (p. 131-157): An open letter to the women of the world [from the women delegates and advisers at the 1st session of the UN General Assembly, 12 Feb. 1946] -- 2. Gender equality architecture and UN reform [paper submitted] to the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence / by the Center for Women's Global Leadership and the Women's Environment and Development Organization -- 3. United Nations world conferences -- 4. Selected United Nations and international resources.

UN Job no.: G0750031 E.

Material type: Reports/studies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130).

Distribution: General (not for deposit).
Table of contents: title: Women and the League of Nations; title: The founding mothers of the United Nations; title: Human rights are women's rights; title: The United Nations Decade for Women (1976-1985): a decade of development; title: All issues are women's issues in the 1990s; title: The Beijing conference: a grand consolidation; title: Celebrating 30 years of progress: Beijing+10; title: Epiloque: will the world change?