100 Years of the Women's Movement

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By Chris Crowstaff, December 2010

2011 is the most significant year ever in the history of women.

There is still more progress needed!

100 YEARS OF TALK

100 years ago
International Women’s Day was launched, with women demanding the right to vote, work, hold public office and an end to job discrimination.
66 years ago
The Charter of the United Nations was the first international agreement to proclaim gender equality as a fundamental human right.
63 years ago
the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
18 years ago
the United Nations passed a resolution which said that States should condemn violence against women.
17 years ago
the UN passed a resolution outlining a Platform for Action for States to eliminate violence against women and girls.
8 years ago
the UN passed a resolution saying that States should implement the commitments made in the platform for action.
6 years ago
at the World Summit, world leaders declared that ‘progress for women is progress for all’.
5 years ago
Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General, said… “There is no policy more effective in promoting development, health and education than the empowerment of women and girls.
3 years ago
UNIFEM began a public campaign to ‘inspire’ the member states to act by 2015.
Two years ago
current UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Violence against women is… an attack on all of us, on the foundation of our civilization. It destroys health and perpetuates poverty. It strikes against equality and empowerment.”
18 months ago
the UN adoped the Resolution to End Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones