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The Women Who Ran the Show
Meet the four Secretary-Generals who presided over the historic World Conferences on Women
“My advice is, move with love”
Zahra Al Hilaly on what young people can bring to the table
Sisterhood Is “Sleeping on Couches”
Yes, the UN conferences were about politics. They were also about friendships so meaningful they helped make movements
Inside the “Peace Tent”
How women at the 1985 Nairobi conference created a place to “reknit the tissue of life without violence”
“We strategized. We were smart. We negotiated.”
Gita Sen on the power of the inside-outside strategy of feminist activists during the Conference Decade
“It was the birthplace of global feminism”
Charlotte Bunch reflects on the Nairobi conference
“For women’s rights, you will always have people who want to produce setbacks”
Michelle Bachelet on the erosion of progress—and how we stay strong
The story of the UN World Conferences on Women
Listen to the people who were there when history was made. Narrated by Padma Lakshmi, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador