Helen Latimer papers, 1995-2000.

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Helen Latimer papers, 1995-2000.

Collection (2003-0091) (38 items, .2 lin. ft.; dated 1995-1998) comprises materials relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China (1995), and a follow-up conference, "Women 2000 Beijing Plus Five," held in Wilmington, Del. (1999). Includes press kit materials; information on women's rights and their social, economic, and legal status, both internationally as well as in the United States; delegate biographies; remarks made by opening speakers; and other informational documents. Also includes a publication providing a five-year review of U.S. federal government programs designed to benefit women. There is a list providing an overview for all the documents contained in the collection. Addition (2010-0067) (2 items, .1 lin. ft.; dated 1998, 2000) comprises an annotated report of the District of Columbia Commission on Violence against Women, along with a print out of President Bill Clinton's proclamation of October 1999 as National Domestic Violence Month from the Violence against Women Office website.

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World Conference on Women (4th : 1995 : Beijing, China)

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The 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing marked a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality. The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted unanimously by 189 countries, is an agenda for women’s empowerment and considered the key global policy document on gender equality. The Beijing conference built on political agreements reached at the three previous global conferences on women (these took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenha...

Women 2000 Beijing Plus Five (1999 : Wilmington, Del.)

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Latimer, Helen.

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Information resource manager, writer, and researcher. From the description of Helen Latimer papers, 1995-2000. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 53905917 ...

District of Columbia.

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