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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

Dr. Elizabeth Gist Dozier (PIP 1950-52) Zonta Delegate to the 1945 Women’s Conference

We have earned the right to speak. Now how are we going to use it?

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

1969: Zonta’s standing with the ECOSOC elevated to Category II consultative status

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

1968 (UN): Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (later known as CEDAW)

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

1972 – 1985 UN’s Decade for WomenEquality, Development, Peace

1986: Creation of UNIFEM

Consultative Relationships between the UN and Non-governmental organizations

Roster Status: Receive copies of proposed agendas“automatic” accreditation to attend international conferencesMay have a representative present at public meetings concerning their

area of expertiseMight 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 conferencesMay designate authorized representatives to attend all public meetingsMay 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 conferencesMay designated authorized representatives to attend all public meetingsMay submit written statements relative to the work of the council (up to 2000 words) which will

be fully circulatedMay propose, thru channels, the addition of items to the proposed agendaPossibility of presenting oral presentations at the public meeting

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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

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.

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.

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 BacheletUnder-Secretary-General of UN Womenappointed 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.

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