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Making women matter : the role of the United Nations

Title
Making women matter : the role of the United Nations / Hilkka Pietilä and Jeanne Vickers.
Author
Pietilä, Hilkka.
Publication
London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA : Zed Books, 1990.

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Additional Authors
Vickers, Jeanne.
Description
ix, 177 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • United Nations
  • Vereinte Nationen
  • UN
  • Conference on Disarmament
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)
  • 1976-1985
  • Women in development
  • International Women's Decade, 1976-1985
  • Women's rights
  • Women's Rights
  • Frau
  • WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
  • WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
  • WOMEN'S RIGHTS
  • WOMEN'S STATUS
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword -- Authors' preface -- 1. Towards New Millennia: Forward from Nairobi -- 2. Development from Women's Point of View -- 3. Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women: Equality-Development-Peace -- 4. The United Nations Decade for Women: 1976-1985 -- 5. The Importance of Other World Conferences -- 6. An Institutional Breakthrough in the United Nations System -- 7. The UN System's Concrete Commitment to Women -- 8. The Emerging Rights of Women -- 9. The Issues for the '90s: Violence Against Women and the Environment -- 10. Promises and Doubts: Women's Future with the United Nations -- List of acronyms and addresses for further information -- Annex: 1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (full text) -- Annex: 2. Selected Guidelines and Checklists for Women in Development (INSTRAW) -- Annex: 3. Organizations that have agreed to implement the System-wide Medium-term Plan for Women and Development -- Annex: 4. United Nations World Conferences 1972-1994 -- Annex: 5. How to organize a national or local campaign -- Annex: 6. Relevant International Instruments -- Index.
ISBN
  • 086232968X
  • 9780862329686
  • 0862329698
  • 9780862329693
  • 082232968X (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
90039963
OCLC
  • ocm21876738
  • 21876738
  • SCSB-1915963
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library