Women's Environment and Development Organization records, 1980-2006, bulk 1994-1998

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Series V: Publications and Printed Matter, 1974-2000, bulk 1994-1998

The collection contained a variety of pamphlets and brochures, newsletters, journals, magazines and newspaper clippings produced both by WEDO and other organizations. The great majority of these materials have been pulled together in Series V, which is divided into three subseries: V.1: WEDO, Women USA Fund, Inc. and the Women's Foreign Policy Council; V.2: Other organizations by subject and V.3: Oversized Printed Matter. Some printed materials were kept in their original locations. The materials contained here were either filed on their own accord or sprinkled throughout the collection. They are filed together for easier retrieval and organization.


Subseries V.1: Women's Environment and Development Organization, Women's USA Fund, Women's Foreign Policy Council and Mim Kelber, 1987-2002 [Bulk Dates: 1996-1994], 1987-2002

This subseries contains many of the materials produced by WEDO, Women's USA Fund, Inc., or the Foreign Policy Council. The subseries includes WEDO reports on the Beijing Conference, breast cancer, the WEDONews and Viewsnewsletter (1998-2002, incomplete) and Primer publication, a guide to early online activism, pamphlets and brochures from WEDO and the World Women's Conference for a Healthy Planet. The Women's Foreign Policy Council Declaration of Independence and Pledge of Allegiance to the Family of Earth are located in this subseries, while the Council'sWomen's Foreign Policy Council Directoryis located in Series II. Also included in this subseries is a copy of the only novel published by Mim Kelber, entitledA Pride of Women.



Box 31 Folder 7 "Building on Beijing: United States NGOs Shape a Women's National Agenda,", 1997


Box 31 Folder 8 Environmental Links to Breast Cancer Handbook , 1996


Box 31 Folder 9 "First Steps: What Has Happened Since Beijing?, 1996 March 8


Box 31 Folder 10 "Keeping the Promises...A WEDO Workshop Report,", 1996


News and Views


Box 31 Folder 12 1988-1995


Box 31 Folder 13 1996-2002


Box 31 Folder 14 Pamphlets and Brochures, undated, 1987, 1991, 1987, 1991



Box 32 Folder 1 Primer, undated, 1999


Box 32 Folder 2 "Promise Kept, Promise Broken?,", 1996-1997


Box 32 Folder 3 "Women Engaging the UN Online,", 1994


Box 32 Folder 4 Women's Foreign Policy Council Declaration of Interdependence and Pledge of Allegiance to the Family of Earth,, undated


Box 32 Folder 5 "Women Making a Difference...,", 1992


Box 32 Folder 6 World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet, 1991


Subseries V.2: Other Organizations, 1974-2000

Subseries V.2 contain magazines, journals, newsletters, reports, articles, clippings and papers produced by other organizations and arranged by subject of publication in alphabetical order. Subjects center on women's issues involving the environment, poverty, reproduction and population, the United Nations, the United States and women refugees, violence against women, human rights, and politics.


Box 32 Folder 7-8 General, 1995-1996


Box 32 Folder 9 Book Excerpts, Articles, and Papers, undated, 1974, 1989-1996, 1974, 1989-1996


Box 32 Folder 10 Donor Countries and Organizations, 1995



Box 33 Folder 1 Education and Poverty, undated, 1994-1997


Box 33 Folder 2 Environmental and Globalization Issues, undated, 1989-1999


Box 33 Folder 3 European Women Status Report, 1995


Box 33 Folder 4 Feminism and Activism, 1991-1997


Box 33 Folder 5 Reproduction and Population, 1995


Box 33 Folder 6 Symposium and Conference Brochures, 1990s



Box 34 Folder f-1-2 United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations, 1988-1997


Box 34 Folder 3 United States and Women Refugees Report, 1997


Box 34 Folder 4 Violence Against Women Discussion Paper, 1995


Box 34 Folder 5 War and Disarmament, undated, 1997-1998


Box 34 Folder 6 "Women and the United Nations" (Roosevelt Institute), 1995


Box 34 Folder 7 Women Human Rights Reports, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1988, 1993, 1998


Box 34 Folder 8-9 Women and Politics, undated, 1992-1997



Box 35 Folder 1 Women and Politics, undated, 1992-1997


Women's Vote and Women's Issues Chronological Clippings


Box 35 Folder 2 1988


Box 35 Folder 3 1989


Box 35 Folder 4 1990


Box 35 Folder 5 1991


Box 35 Folder 6 1992


Box 35 Folder 7 1993


Box 35 Folder 8 1994


Box 35 Folder 9 Post-Election, 1994


Box 35 Folder 10 1995


Box 35 Folder 11 1996


Box 35 Folder 12 1997


Box 35 Folder 13 1998


Box 35 Folder 14 1999


Box 35 Folder 15 2000



Box 36 Folder 1 General, 1995-2000


Box 36 Folder 2 Eco, Action for a Common Future (Bergen Conference),, 1990


Box 36 Folder 3 Earth Times , 1994-1996


Box 36 Folder 4 ICPD +5 Watch , 1999 July 2


Box 36 Folder 5 Terra Viva, 1997, 2000, 1997, 2000


Subseries V.3: Oversized Printed Matter, 1977-1997.

Four oversized posters have been removed from the general records and placed in oversized storage. The posters include a copy of the Contract with Women of the USANew York Timesadvertisement, a 1977 copy of the National Women's Conference poster, a 75th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage poster produced by the Center for Policy Alternatives, and a poster from a women's conference held in Modena, Italy in 1997.



Mapcase 14-L-2 "American Women on the Move" (Poster), 1977


Mapcase 14-L-2 Contract with Women of the USA--New York Times Advertisement, 1996


Mapcase 14-L-2 "State of the States for Women and Politics" (Poster), 1995


Mapcase 14-L-2 Sviluppo Umano Sostenibile: Una Prospettiva Di Genere (Poster),, 1997