At the center, Bella Abzug (American feminist, founder of the Women's Environment and Development Organization - WEDO),  to the right: Warren Lindner, Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira.

The Congress was organized by the American feminist organization Women's Environment and Development Organization - WEDO, and was part of the preliminary meetings for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - ECO-92. Attended by about 500 participants from over eighty countries, the Congress approved the ‘Women's Action Agenda 21 for a Healthy Planet’.