when was the united nations decade on women established?
United Nations Development Fund for Women. The United Nations Development Fund for Women, commonly known as UNIFEM (from the French Fonds de dÃ©veloppement des Nations unies pour la femme) was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the International Women's Year. Its first director was Margaret C. Snyder, Ph.D.