▁enable ▁progress ▁and ▁fail ures ▁to ▁be ▁evaluated ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁ur ging ▁that ▁the ▁Convention ▁on ▁the ▁El im ination ▁of ▁All ▁Form s ▁of ▁Disc rim ination ▁against ▁Women ▁( C ED AW ) ▁be ▁quickly ▁rat ified . ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁third ▁conference ▁in ▁N airo bi , ▁Ken ya , ▁not ▁only ▁closed ▁the ▁de cade ▁of ▁women , ▁but ▁set ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁member ▁state ▁sched ules ▁for ▁removal ▁of ▁legisl ated ▁gender ▁disc rim ination ▁in ▁national ▁laws ▁by ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁Mexico ▁City ▁Conference ▁was ▁attended ▁by ▁over ▁a ▁thousand ▁deleg ates . ▁Prom inent ▁at ten de es ▁included ▁Elizabeth ▁Re id ▁and ▁Margaret ▁Whit lam ▁of ▁Australia . ▁The ▁International ▁Women ' s ▁Year ▁Trib une ▁was ▁also ▁organ ised ▁and ▁attended ▁by ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁women ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁ ▁East ▁Berlin ▁The ▁World ▁Congress ▁of ▁Women ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁East ▁Berlin ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁I W Y ▁soon ▁after ▁the ▁Mexico ▁City ▁event . ▁It ▁ideal ized ▁women ’ s ▁equality ▁as ▁the ▁" true ▁emb od iment ▁of ▁the ▁social ist ▁conception ▁of ▁human ▁rights ". ▁The ▁Working ▁Group ▁on ▁Equ al ▁Rights , ▁composed ▁of ▁exper ts ▁on ▁government ▁and ▁law ▁from ▁the ▁East ▁German ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁H umb old t ▁University ▁and ▁Social ist ▁United ▁Party ▁Central ▁Committee ▁rejected ▁the ▁notion ▁that ▁women ' s