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The ICW Triennial General Assembly was held at Kiev in
the Ukraine on 6-10 September 2006.
The Triennial Conference is the most important in the
calendar of the International Council of Women. It was attended in2006 by five members of NCWGB - the President Amy Gibbs,
President-elect Monica Hall, Vice-President Wendy Richardson, Foreign
Affairs Committee Chairman Lois Hainsworth MBE, and Grace Wedekind, ICW
Adviser on the Status of Women.
Delegates from sixty countries attended, and the NCWGB
delegation seized the opportunity for informal networking with national
councils from all over the world.
An opening reception, concert and buffet supper took
place on 5 September in the City Hall by invitation of the Mayor of
Kiev, in the presence of Ambassadors. Madame Yuschenko (wife of the
President of the Ukraine) spoke at the ICW Gala Dinner. Other receptions
were given by the Prime Minister of the Ukraine and the Minister for
Youth and Families. The NCWGB delegation, with some guests, was also
received by the British Embassy. |
The formal opening on 6 September included
speeches by senior government ministers. Anamah Tan, ICW President, gave a
lively address and a full agenda included two seminars on gender equality
organised by the Ukrainian Council - one concentrating on the needs of younger
women. NCWGB played a full role throughout the meeting. Amy Gibbs presented the
NCWGB three-year report and the NCWGB resolution on natural disasters. Grace
Wedekind presented the ICW Status of Women International Report, and the Status
of Women resolution on the role of men and boys in work towards equality of
women and men. Grace also chaired an ICW Working Group on trafficking in women
and girls.
Other ICW resolutions agreed included Education
on a Sustainable Environment; Global Climate Change; Dialogue and Tolerance in
Conflict Resolution; Preparation for Partnership in Marriage; and the Provision
of Food and Drinking water for the Elderly in Poverty, Isolation and Conflict
Situations.
Lois Hainsworth, who organised the Interfaith
Service at the Triennial, was appointed to the Committee of Honour to mark her
contribution to the work of the International Council of Women over many years. [RETURN]
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