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Adoption of CEDAW (1979)

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18 Dec 1979 — The UN General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by 130 votes to none. It enters into force on 3 September 1981, once twenty states have ratified it.

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UN Decade for Women and CEDAW (chapter 6 of Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution)
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Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015
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Map showing Adoption of CEDAW (1979), turning point in Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015
TURNING POINT · PROTEST AND CHANGE: SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND TUNISIA, 1945–2015

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● Mexico City 1975● Day Off● Copenhagen 1980● Greenham● Nairobi 1985● Tunisia ratifies

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