Talk:Inter-Allied Women's Conference/Proposal
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The Inter-Allied Women's Conference (also known as the Suffragist Conference of the Allied Countries and the United States)[Notes 1] opened in Paris on 10 February 1919. A parallel conference to the Paris Peace Conference, it was convened to introduce women's issues to the peace process following the end of the First World War. Leaders in the international women's suffrage movement had been denied an opportunity to participate in the official proceedings several times before finally being allowed to make a presentation before the Commission on International Labour Legislation. Finally, on 10 April women were allowed to present a resolution to the League of Nations Commission. It covered the trafficking and sale of women, their political and suffrage status, and the transformation of education to include the humanitarian rights of all persons in each nation.
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Though the women involved failed to achieve many of their aims, their efforts marked the first time women were allowed formal participation in an international treaty negotiation. They were successful in gaining the right for women to serve in all capacities, whether as staff or delegates, in the League of Nations organisation; as well as provisions for humane labour conditions and the prevention of trafficking in women and children. The fact that the women were allowed to participate in the formal peace conference validated women's ability to take part in international policy making and globalised the discussion of human rights.