EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International Women’s Day.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first world conference on the status of women was convened in Mexico City, Mexico to coincide with the 1975 International Women’s Year, observed to remind the international community that discrimination against women continued to be a persistent problem in much of the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -But it got approved on March 8, 1975, during International Women’s Year, when the UN celebrated its first official International Women’s Day.

Detailed explanation-4: -International Women’s Year (IWY) was the name given to 1975 by the United Nations. Since that year March 8 has been celebrated as International Women’s Day, and the United Nations Decade for Women, from 1976 to 1985, was also established.

Detailed explanation-5: -The United Nations Decade for Women was a period from 1975 to 1985 focused on the policies and issues that impact women, such as pay equity, gendered violence, land holding, and other human rights. It was adopted December 15, 1975, by the United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 31/136.