AND
1923: the “Confederation of Zonta Clubs” passes resolution endorsing the
work of the Near East Relief in efforts to care for 115,000 orphan children
and women in Symrna.
1930: Confederation of Zonta Clubs became Zonta International
1936: ‘Zonta [will] substitute for the militaristic code of Mussolini or a Hitler
a code of universal brotherhood and understanding’
1940: President Mary Moyers McElroy became the first president to adopt
a service theme: “Geared for War, Zonta thinks of Peace”
1942: President J. Winifred Hughes, choses a service theme “Zonta
Serves that Peace might come”.
1943: The convention this year pushed for the adoption of a single biennial
international service project “participated in by every Zonta club wherever it
is located.”
1945:
World Peace Conference in San Francisco, CA
Women’s Conference held simultaneously
We have earned the right to
speak. Now how are we going
to use it?
Dr. Elizabeth Gist Dozier (PIP 1950-52)
Zonta Delegate to the 1945 Women’s Conference
1946: “Action for World Peace”
1946: United Nations –Commission
on the Status of Women
1947 - 1959
1960: Anne Frank Village in Wuppertal, Germany
1962: Vocational and Teacher Training Centre of Women,
Ramallah, Jordan
Each Biennium since 1962-64 has seen Zonta International
work in partnership with UN agencies.
1963: Zonta granted roster level status with the UN
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
1968: Helvi Sipila elected Zonta International President at
the Minneapolis convention
1968 (UN): Declaration on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women (later known as CEDAW)
1969: Zonta’s standing with the ECOSOC elevated to
Category II consultative status
1970: In support of the 1968 UN resolution, Zonta resolved
at its convention that each Zontian commit herself to work
actively for the elimination of all discriminatory laws,
practices and attitudes in any part of the world
1971: Zonta given consultative status by the UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
1972: Zonta given consultative status by the UN
International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
1972: Zonta reorganizes to reflect these changes
1972 – 1985 UN’s Decade for Women
Equality, Development, Peace
1986: Creation of UNIFEM
Consultative Relationships between the UN and Nongovernmental organizations
Roster Status:
Receive copies of proposed agendas
“automatic” accreditation to attend international conferences
May have a representative present at public meetings concerning their
area of expertise
Might be invited to prepare a written statement (no more than 500
words) in areas of their expertise
Special Consultative Status:
Receive copies of proposed agendas
“automatic” accreditation to attend international conferences
May designate authorized representatives to attend all public meetings
May submit written statements relative to the work of the council (up to 500 words)
which will be fully circulated
General Consultative Status:
Receive copies of proposed agendas
“automatic” accreditation to attend international conferences
May designated authorized representatives to attend all public meetings
May submit written statements relative to the work of the council (up to 2000 words) which will
be fully circulated
May propose, thru channels, the addition of items to the proposed agenda
Possibility of presenting oral presentations at the public meeting
4%
67%
29%
The Division for the Advancement of Women was established in
1946 as the Section on the Status of Women, Human Rights Division,
Department of Social Affairs.
In 1972, the section was upgraded as the Branch for the Promotion of
Equality for Men and Women under the newly created Centre for Social
Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Office in
Vienna. The Centre was then headed by Ms. Helvi Sipila (Finland), the
first woman to serve in the UN as an Assistant Secretary-General.
In 1978, the branch was renamed as the Branch for the Advancement of
Women. In August 1993, the unit was moved to New York as the Division
for the Advancement of Women where it formed part of the Department
of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (DPCSD). As a
result of restructuring, the Division became part of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in 1996.
DAW acted as the substantive secretariat for the four World Conferences on
Women (Mexico 1975, Copenhagen 1980, Nairobi 1985 and Beijing 1995). The
Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing was the largest conference in the
history of the United Nations. Under the guidance of the Special Adviser on
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, DAW also carried out the preparatory
work for the 23rd special session of the General Assembly in 2000. In 2005, DAW
assisted the Commission on the Status of Women to conduct the Ten-year Review
and Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action during the Commission’s 49th
session
INSTRAW: In 1975, the First World Conference of Women recommended
the creation of a research and training institute dedicated to the advancement
of women. The following year, the United Nations Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) created the United Nations International Research and
Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW). In
1979, the Council recommended that UN-INSTRAW be located in a
developing country and in 1983, UN-INSTRAW’s headquarters were
officially opened in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
UNIFEM (established in 1976) is the women's fund at the United Nations,
dedicated to advancing women’s rights and achieving gender equality. It
provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and
strategies that foster women's empowerment. UNIFEM works on the premise
that it is the fundamental right of every woman to live a life free from
discrimination and violence, and that gender equality is essential to achieving
development and to building just societies.
The Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender
Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) is headed by the Special
Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and comprises a
Principal Social Affairs Office in charge of Gender Mainstreaming and
the Focal Point for Women in the Secretariat. This Office was created on 1
March 1997.
The Office's main objective is to promote and strengthen the effective
implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Beijing Declaration and the
Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) held
in Beijing in 1995 and the Outcome Document of the special session of the
General Assembly on Beijing+5.
Michelle Bachelet
Under-Secretary-General of UN Women
appointed 9/19/2010
ADVOCACY DAYS
8-March
International Women's Day
21-September
International Day of Peace
15-October
International Day of Rural Women
17 October
International Day for Eradication of Poverty
24-October
United Nations Day
25-November
International Day for the Elimination
of Violence Against Women
25 November-10 December
16 Days of Activism
1-December
World AIDS Day
2-December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery/Suppression of the Traffic in Persons
10-December
International Human Rights Day
The International Day of Rural Women directs attention to both the contribution that
women make in rural areas, and the many challenges that they face. This new
international day, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/136 of 18
December 2007, recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including
indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food
security and eradicating rural poverty.” In 2007, at the tenth session of the Regional
Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Member States of the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, expressed in the Quito
Consensus their decision to promote the adoption of an International Day of Rural Women
“as an explicit recognition of [rural women’s] economic contribution and the development
of their communities, in particular with regard to the unpaid work they perform.”12
The idea of honouring rural women with a special day was put forward by international
NGOs at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. It was suggested that
15 October be celebrated as “World Rural Women’s Day,” on the eve of World Food Day, in
order to highlight the role played by rural women in food production and food security.
“World Rural Women’s Day” has been celebrated, primarily by civil society, across the
world for over a decade. The first International Day of Rural Women was observed in New
York on 15 October 2008.
DONE!!!!!!!!!