Abstract
© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Jonas Brendebach, Martin Herzer and Heidi Tworek; individual chapters, the contributors.In June 1975, Mexico City witnessed an exceptional series of events. As host of the World Conference of the United Nations Year of Women, the city’s premises were fl ooded with 1044 UN delegates and some 5000 “assorted feminists.” 1 The participants constituted “the world’s largest consciousnessraising group” in a conference anticipated as the largest of its kind in history. At the opening event, a select group of male bigwigs stood on an elevated platform in Mexico City’s Olympic Gymnasium, including UN SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldheim, Mexican President Luis Echeverría, and the elected president of the women’s conference, Pedro Ojeda, Mexico’s Attorney General. Down on the fl oor, thousands of women were expected to look up and listen to their speeches.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Organizations and the Media in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Exorbitant Expectations |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 182-203 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351206426 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138303089 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |