The United Nations Conference on Women -- Nairobi, 1985

In 1985, women from around the world gathered in Nairobi to review the achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women and to create a ten year action plan for the advancement of women. The Nairobi Conference consisted of two important processes, an official process which brought together delegations from the United Nations member countries; and a Non-Government process which brought together representatives of women's organizations from around the world to a parallel NGO Forum.

The Nairobi Conference was the largest gathering of women in the history of the United Nations. The document "Forward Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women to the Year 2000" has become the measuring stick by which countries assess their progress in improving the conditions of women regionally, nationally and globally.

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