Womans vote and rights

First International Congress of Women

1915

Women from the U.S. and Europe gather in The Hague in the Netherlands for the first International Congress of Women

Adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1948

which forms the basis for action for promoting equal rights and freedoms

Covenant on Political Rights of Women enacted by the United Nations

1952

calling for women's right to vote and right to stand for elections.

First International Women’s Year, first global United Nations’ Women’s Conference

1975

held in Mexico City and beginning of the UN Decade for Women

The UN General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Eliminations of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

1979

It defines what counts as discrimination again women and creates an agenda for nations to adopt.

Adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

1993

women successfully promote the message that women’s rights are human rights at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna

UN Women is formed out of a number of existing UN organizations

2011

to further the empowerment of women and girls and to advocate for gender equality.

United Nations passes a historic resolution outlawing Female Genital Mutilation

2012

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zumathe is appointed the first woman head of the African Union UN Day of the Girl celebrated for the first time on 11 October.