During the 22nd Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), 31 July – 6 August 1983 in Göteborg, Sweden, WILPF asked its Sections to request the Committee on the Status of Women and in preparation for the end-of-decade conference, to encourage and promote the understanding among all women of the problems and issues that confront the Third World women through the dissemination of information and help combat the violence perpetrated against women in the form of pornography, sexist advertising, prostitution and sex tourism.