[Speaking: International Women's Year 1975 (IWY)]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900007Scope and ContentContains: Correspondence (1974-1975) concerning invitations, proposals and arrangements for IWY events, IWY information and reference material. Includes Greer letter to Helvi Sipila, 21 July 1974 discussing their Teheran visit and proposing a world exhibition of women painters and related UN and UNESCO correspondence; University of Western Australia International Women's Year Project (invitation issued by David Corro who had without authorisation invited a contingent of prominent women from overseas to attend the University's 1975 Summer School, withdrawal of invitation by V-C RF Whelan, includes subsequent letters and press clippings, sent by Corro, on his dismissal from UWA); UNICEF and WHO South Asian Writers' Workshop (cancelled); Greer participation in 7 March 1975 UN all day discussion event; from Jean Melzer to be lead speaker at 'speak-in' to support Senate candidates Cyril Primmer and Bill Hartley. Resource material includes UN Newsletter on the Status of Women, United Nations (UN) brochures and information sheets on IWY and on Bucharest World Population Conference, August 1974 (Greer attended as observer); UN Economic and Social Council circulars; Australian National Advisory Committee IWY, Newsletter No. 1, Speeches by the Prime Minister 11/9/1974, 8/3/1975; statement by Elizabeth Reid, leader of the Australian delegation to the Consultative Committee of the IWY 5 March 1975; photocopies of press clippings, including 'Male chauvinists of the world, united' re women and the UN. Transcript of Greer speech titled Background paper: International Women's Day 1982, which refers to her speech at UN IWY meeting in 1975, is at front of folder. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Barbara Mobbs; N Willard, World Health Organisation (WHO); David Corro, Project Director, IWY Project 1975/Perth; Helvi Sipila, Assistant Secretary-General for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, UN; Rene Maheu, UNESCO; Kaarina Valtasaari, UN; RF Whelan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia; Susan Kedgley, Assistant Human Rights Officer, Branch for the Equality of Men and Women, UN; Jean Melzer; Bill Hartley; Subjects: United Nations; International Women's Year, 1975; Lectures and lecturing; Women artists; Exhibitions; ConferencesAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0001

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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DateNovember 1973-8 March 1982

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Previous System ID2017.0009.00007

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[Speaking: International Women's Year 1975 (IWY)]