Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1975 i whakanuihia te United Nations International Women's Year. Ko te tuatahi
I tū te Huihuinga o te Ao mo nga Wahine i te Hune 1975 i Mexico City i runga i te kaupapa o "Te Rite, te Whakawhanake me te Hauora". I whai wāhi a Lemos ki tēnei huihuinga e toru wiki, e tohu ana i Portugal, me ētahi atu tokorima, ā, ka whai wāhi hoki ki te Hui Tuarua i Copenhagen i te tau 1980. I te tau 1975 i pootihia ia ki te Runanga Ture, ana i nga pooti o te tau 1976 i pootihia ki te Runanga Whakahaere hou, i te wa i wikitoria ai te Rōpū Hapori, i arahina e Mario Soares. I tēnei wā, ko te 5% anake o ngā kaitohutohu he wahine. Whai muri i te pōtitanga i whakatūria e te kāwanatanga he Komihana mo te Tūnga o ngā Wahine (CCF), me tētahi Kaunihera Tohutohu i hangaia e ngā NGO me ngā tari kāwanatanga. Whai muri i te hinganga o tana nohoanga i nga pooti o te tau 1979, ka noho a Lemos hei mema mo te Kaunihera Kaunihera ki te komihana, e tohu ana i te whakahaere wahine a te Rōpū Hapori, i awhina ia ki te whakatu. I te tau 1980 ka noho ia hei mema o te Komihana, i raro i te perehitini o Regina Tavares da Silva, a, i noho tonu ia tae noa ki te 72. I whakaratohia hoki e ia he awhina ture ki nga wahine, i whakaatuhia ai ia mo te wa tuatahi ki te taumata o te tutu o te whare i roto i nga akomanga hapori katoa.