▁elimin ating ▁disc rim ination ▁in ▁education ▁for ▁any ▁institution ▁receiving ▁federal ▁fund ing , ▁hope ▁that ▁passage ▁could ▁be ▁secured ▁sur ged . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁International ▁Democratic ▁Federation ▁( WID F ) ▁had ▁long ▁been ▁pressing ▁for ▁an ▁international ▁women ' s ▁year ▁and ▁conference ▁to ▁address ▁women ' s ▁inequality . ▁As ▁W ID F ▁was ▁designated ▁as ▁an ▁observer ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁CS W , ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁propose ▁the ▁event ▁directly , ▁but ▁draft ed ▁a ▁proposal . ▁Pers u ading ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁delegate ▁of ▁CS W ▁to ▁present ▁their ▁proposal , ▁it ▁was ▁second ed ▁by ▁Finland . ▁In ▁turn , ▁CS W ▁approved ▁the ▁proposal ▁and ▁submitted ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁General ▁Assembly , ▁which ▁proc laimed ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁as ▁International ▁Women ' s ▁Year ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁The ▁date ▁was ▁significant ▁because ▁it ▁would ▁take ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁th ir ti eth ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Nations . ▁But ▁there ▁were ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁conference . ▁Initial ly ▁Soviet ▁women ▁rejected ▁the ▁call ▁for ▁a ▁conference ▁and ▁fil ib uster ed ▁the ▁negoti ations , ▁prefer ring ▁to ▁host ▁their ▁own ▁conference ▁in ▁East ▁Berlin ▁that ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁UN ▁structure . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ▁politics , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁then ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁conference ▁not ▁be ▁limited ▁to ▁women , ▁but ▁should