WGS-1232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Decision-Making, Political Action Committee, Occupational Segregation
22 Feb 2015
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Lecture 1: history of feminist organizing, un and international organizing of women"s equality, un created in 1940s; central elements of charter was equality between men and women. The first international conference hosted by the un to address women"s equality took place in mexico city in 1975. There were four conferences for women"s equality in total: o o o o. In 1995 in beijing, they discussed the development of a platform of action that would serve as a tool to set the goals for achieving equality and gaining women"s rights. A way of holding individual governments accountable for women"s conditions. It had 12 areas of concern: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii. 45 manitoban women attended; began a group called unpac -united o nations political action committee. o o structures that were put in place to advance the placement of women. Didn"t have enough funding- could be sign of dismantling of many of the.
