The Rural Voice, 1983-08, Page 23FARM NEWS
Country women gather from around the world
The seventeenth Triennial Conference
of the Associated Country Women of the
World (ACWW) was held in Vancouver in
June, for an interesting ten days with 1700
women from 60 countries of the world.
Seminars covered topics: Mother/child;
health and development; Women as En-
trepreneurs, Producers, Managers;
Women & Technology; ACWW member
Societies & Rural Development and com-
munications: learning the positive art of
listening.
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What do women discuss when they
meet at a world conference? The concerns
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community activities; our nations'
business and policies; the world pro-
blems: hunger, right of the individual,
equality of women, discrimination bet-
ween sexes, races & nations and nuclear
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