Indira Patel OBE on racism:
Imagine a city: it has a main highway, several major cross
streets, and a dozen other streets crossing them. The
main highway is called Racism Road. One cross
sheet can be Colonisation, then Patriarchy Street,
Trafficking Way, Forced Migration Road, Caste Road,
Culture Cul-de-sac, Violence Street, and so on.
When a racially subordinated woman tries to navigate the
city, she has to deal with all the road signs. In
fact, many women in the world are positioned in the
space where racism, xenophobia , class and gender meet. |
NCWGB was represented at the 51st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women held
in New York in
March 2007. The main theme of the session was the elimination of
all forms of discrimination and violence against the
girl child.
This theme was
taken up by an ECICW resolution on violence against
women and girls agreed at the spring 2007 Monaco meeting
of ECICW. This was sent to
the European Commission and Parliament, the Council of
Europe and national governments urging action.
Various aspects of discrimination against women will be
discussed at the seminar to be held during the next
ECICW assembly, to be
held
in the Thames Valley region in April 2008.
Women in many more
countries are now seeking gender equality, and
send delegations to London
to meet and discuss
developments with NCW members. The picture on
the right shows
a Chinese delegation.
Equality in Britain
The changing roles of men and
women, in marriage and the family, in public life, and in ethnic
groups within Britain, formed the theme of the 2006 NCW Annual Conference [MORE] |
 Indira Patel OBE is
an
Honorary
Associate Member of
NCWGB. The
quotation is from a
speech she made in
Durban to
the UN
Conference against
Racism in 2001.
Chinese delegation at the Danbury
Street Centre
Opening the 2006 conference session on the family; chairman Sylvia Owen and the
four speakers. |
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