Series 12 - International organisations and events


Date Range1975 - 1997
ProvenanceWEL Cairns
Description

Includes:

United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989-1993
International Women's Year 1975
International Year of the Family 1994
United Nations Decade for Women 1979-1985
International Year of the Child 1979
Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) 1995
United Nations convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women

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Inventory Listing

Women's International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines (WISAP)
GABRIELA

Includes letters, brochures and report on the second "Women's International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines", 1987

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1987
Inventory Identifier WELC00125 Box Number 27 Series 12
International Year of the Family 1994

Contains brochures and letters; copy of booklet on "National family week 20-27 Nov 1994" from the Office of the International Year of the Family

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1994
Inventory Identifier WELC00266 Box Number 40 Series 12
United Nations world conference to review and appraise the achievements of the UN Decade for Women: Equality, development and peace

Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya,15-26th July 1985
Contains conference pack; letters; brochure; reports

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1984 - 1985
Inventory Identifier WELC00425 Box Number 27 Series 12
South Pacific regional seminar on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Seminar was held at Raratonga in the Cook Islands, 18-21st March 1991
Contains draft background papers; reports

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1991
Inventory Identifier WELC00426 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations Decade for Women, 1976-1985

Contains press releases; brochures; copies of newspaper clippings; Australian draft plan of action; reports

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1976 - 1983
Inventory Identifier WELC00427 Box Number 27 Series 12
World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, development and peace 1980

Conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-30 July 1980
Contains letters (with list of women selected to receive funding to attend conference); reports; newspaper clipping

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1980
Inventory Identifier WELC00428 Box Number 27 Series 12
World Conference on Women 1995

Contains article "Worldwide facts and statistics about the status of women" from the Committee for the '95 World Conference on Women

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1995 - 1996
Inventory Identifier WELC00429 Box Number 27 Series 12
4th United Nations World Conference on Women - Beijing 1995

Contains brochures, letters and reports
Also contains a speech presented by Dr. Carmen Lawrence MP, Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the status of Women, presented at this conference

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1995
Inventory Identifier WELC00122 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Contains letters; UNICEF/HREOC briefing kit on "The future United Nations Convention of the rights of the child"; copies of newspaper clippings

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1986 - 1990
Inventory Identifier WELC00233 Box Number 27 Series 12
International Conference of Women Leaders, Jerusalem, June 4, 1979

Speech presented by Mrs Janet Cockroft at the opening

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1979
Inventory Identifier WELC00231 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations Commission on Status of Women, 1980

This commission was established by ECOSOC (Economic and social council) resolution 11 of 21 June 1046 to make recommendations and reports to ECOSOC on promoting women's rights and to develop proposals designed to give effect to the principle that men and women should have equal rights. ECOSOC is one of the permanent bodies established by the UN charter
ContainsWEL Australis memo re Australian representataive on UN Commission on Status of Women

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1980
Inventory Identifier WELC00232 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
UN Decade for Women

Contains letters; copies of the convention

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1979
Inventory Identifier WELC00235 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations Decade for Women 1976-1985

Brochure, letters, and Programme of Action and Resolutions and Decision from the "World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women : Equality, development and peace" held Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-30 July 1980

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1976 - 1985
Inventory Identifier WELC00234 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Contains letters; address by Mary McKenzie for Kathleen Taperell, Director, Office of Women's Affairs, presented Cairns, 1/11/1980; report submitted by CEDAW 7/5/1990; National Women's Consultative Council report 7/6/1991; report submitted by Federal Labor Caucus Status of Women Policy Committee 18/7/1997

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1980 - 1997
Inventory Identifier WELC00424 Box Number 27 Series 12
United Nations world conference of the International Women's year, Mexico City, 19 June to 2 July, 1975

Contains World plan of action

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1975
Inventory Identifier WELC00236 Box Number 27 Series 12
Traffic in Women and Girls

Includes the UN General Assembly report of the Secretary General on Trafficking in women and girls

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1998 - 1999
Inventory Identifier WELC00240 Box Number 27 Series 12

Published by the James Cook University Library, December 2007
Listed by Alan Cockerill
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