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Copenhagen Programme of Action

The conference agreement served as a mid-decade review of the UN Decade for Women and introduced a new Programme of Action.

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

By the end of the conference, 75 countries had signed the landmark CEDAW, often referred to as an international bill of rights for women.

The United Nations and the Global Women’s Movement: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future

In 1975, leaders from around the world converged on Mexico City for the first-ever UN World Conference on Women–and then met three more times, including Beijing in 1995. In this exclusive report, the UN Foundation Girls & Women Strategy team charts the history, and offers lessons for the future.

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