Com mer cial ▁av i ators <0x0A> </s> ▁International ▁Women ' s ▁Year ▁( I W Y ) ▁was ▁the ▁name ▁given ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Nations . ▁Since ▁that ▁year ▁March ▁ 8 ▁has ▁been ▁celebrated ▁as ▁International ▁Women ' s ▁Day , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁Dec ade ▁for ▁Women , ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁was ▁also ▁established . ▁ ▁History ▁After ▁years ▁of ▁work ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁Commission ▁on ▁the ▁Status ▁of ▁Women ▁( CS W ) ▁to ▁adopt ▁a ▁declaration ▁to ▁eliminate ▁disc rim ination ▁against ▁women , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁CS W ▁began ▁working ▁in ▁earnest ▁to ▁obtain ▁passage ▁of ▁a ▁declaration ▁to ▁secure ▁women ' s ▁human ▁rights . ▁Coll ating ▁responses ▁covering ▁education , ▁employ ment , ▁inheritance , ▁pen al ▁reform , ▁and ▁other ▁issues , ▁from ▁government ▁actors , ▁N GO ▁represent atives ▁and ▁UN ▁staff , ▁CS W ▁deleg ates ▁draft ed ▁the ▁Dec laration ▁on ▁the ▁El im ination ▁of ▁Disc rim ination ▁Again st ▁Women ▁( DE DA W ), ▁which ▁was ▁passed ▁by ▁the ▁General ▁Assembly ▁on ▁ 7 ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁Once ▁support ▁had ▁been ▁gar ner ed ▁for ▁the ▁declaration , ▁the ▁next ▁step ▁was ▁to ▁prepare ▁it ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁Convention . ▁Though ▁there ▁were ▁del ays , ▁by ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁when ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Congress ▁passed ▁Title ▁IX ,