Kenya conference on women set for July
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In July the third and final global women's conference of the United Nations Decade for Women will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. The first was convened in Mexico City in 1975 and the second in Copenhagen in 1980. This year's gathering will "review and appraise the achievements of the World Decade for Women."
Only governmental delegations will be seated at the official conference. But individuals and representatives of nongovernmental organizations will participate in a parallel conference, where they can join in workshops and informal discussions on issues that extend beyond the formal agenda.
I attended a conference last July at Morgan State University in Baltimore at which 500 participants from around the country met to prepare an AfricanAmerican perspective for the meeting in Kenya. Health, education, and peace were the major themes of this event, which was sponsored by the AfricanAmerican Women's Political Caucus, Inc.
The Baltimore conference called for an end to U.S. military intervention in Central America; an end to the U.S. "constructive engagement" policy with South Africa; an end to the linking of the Cuban presence in Angola to the independence of Namibia; immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Grenada; and rejection of Reagan's anti-communist propaganda.
The participants also voted to work for the defeat of all "workfare" proposals in Congress and for unrestricted funding for abortion. They resolved to promote solidarity with all struggles against the triple oppression of racism, sexism, and poverty.
For more information on the Kenya conference, contact "1985 and Beyond," P.O. Box 23367, Baltimore, Md. 21203.
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