challenging patriarchy

Nairobi +21: Commemorating the 3rd UN World Conference on Women

The "Third World Conference on Women", held in Nairobi on 15-26 June 1985, has been a landmark event in the history of the struggle for gender equality worldwide. In 2006, the "Nairobi +21" series of events offered a space for reflection on the commitments of the Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies and the Beijing Platform for Action.