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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE
JANUARY 9, 1975
UNTIL 2:00 P.M. (EST)
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
FACT SHEET
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR 1996
1975 was proclaimed as International Women's Year by the United Nations
General Assembly in December, 1972. The resolution was originated by
the U. N. Commission on the Status of Women, which consists of members
from 32 countries.
Purpose
The purpose of International Women's Year is threefold:
(1)
To promote equality between men and women.
(2)
To ensure the full integration of women in the total development
effort, especially by emphasizing women's responsibility and
important role in economic, social and cultural development at
the national, regional and international levels, particularly during
the Second United Nations Development Decade.
(3)
To recognize the importance of women's increasing contribution
to the development of friendly relations and cooperation among
States and to the strengthening of world peace.
U. S. Initiative
The U. S. Center for International Women's Year was created in September,
1973, by a grant from the Department of State to a private foundation, Meridian
House International in Washington, D. C. The Center was established to
provide information on the Year, and to coordinate efforts in the private
sector throughout the country.
In January, 1974, President Nixon proclaimed 1975 as International Women's
Year for the U. S. calling upon the Congress and the people of the United States,
interested groups and organizations, officials of the Federal government and
of state and local governments, educational institutions, and all others who can
be of help, to begin to provide for the national observance of International
Women's Year with practical and constructive measures for the advancement
of women in the United States.
President Ford underscored the importance of International Women's Year in
his August 22, 1974, Proclamation by calling upon all Americans to observe
August 26, 1974, as Women's Equality Day.
National Commission
A National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year,
1975, was created by President Ford on January 9, 1975, at a ceremony in
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the Cabinet Room of the White House. This Commission will be composed
of 35 persons from private life appointed by the President. The purpose
of the Commission is to promote the national observance in the United
States of International Women's Year. To this end, it will focus attention
on the need to encourage appropriate and relevant cooperative activity in
the field of women's rights and responsibilities.
World Conference
The United Nations has called a world conference for International Women's
Year to be held in Mexico City, June 23 to July 4, 1975.
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