International Women's Day 2003

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Milestones in the United Nations support of women's rights

		1975
				First UN World Conference for the Advancement of Women took place in Mexico. The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) was born at this conference.
		1979
				Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by the General Assembly.
		1980
				Second World Conference on Women held in Copenhagen.
		1985
				Third UN World Conference on Women held in Nairobi. 15,000 women from every region of the world celebrate a decade of efforts towards the advancement of women.
		1992
				UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) recognizes the key role of women in the preservation and management of the environment.
		1993
				World Conference on Human Rights, in Vienna, integrates violence against women and other women's issues into the overall human rights agenda.
		1995
				Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, adopts a Platform for Action.
		1999
				UN General Assembly adopts 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The November date came from the brutal 1961 assassination of the three Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic.
		2000
				UN General Assembly Special Session, "Women 2000: Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century." More than 180 nations gather to assess how far the world has come in achieving the goals of gender equality that were agreed upon in the Beijing Platform for Action. UN Millennium Summit in New York is attended by over 150 world leaders who sign the Millennium Declaration and commit to adopting the Millennium Development Goals, including the goal to promote gender equality and empower women.
		2001
				The Millennium Peace Prize for Women is launched on International Women's Day by UNIFEM and International Alert to honour the indispensable contributions women have made to resolving and preventing conflicts.

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