1985 WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE U. N. DECADE FOR WOMEN

WHEREAS, the United Nations (UN) proclaimed 1975 International Women's Year (IWY) to promote equality of men and women in all aspects of life--political, economic, social and cultural; and

WHEREAS, the most important events of IWY were the World Conference of Mexico City and the adoption of the World Plan of Action; and

WHEREAS, the UN to assure the implementation of the World Plan of Action adopted the UN Decade for Women (1975-1985); and

WHEREAS, the mid-decade conference in Copenhagen (1980) reviewed the progress achieved; and

WHEREAS, the main task of the end-of-the-decade conference at Nairobi, Kenya (1985) will be to review and evaluate the achievements made toward the goal of equality of men and women; and

WHEREAS, equality of men and women, in fact, has as yet not been achieved anywhere:

RESOLVED, that the AFT urge the Department of State to include non-governmental experts, in particular in education and employment, to participate in the preparation of position papers and draft resolutions the U.S. hopes to see adopted at Nairobi; and

RESOLVED, that the official delegation of the U.S. include representatives of important non-governmental organizations, among them representatives of the AFT and the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW).