N.Z. WOMEN TO ATTEND NEW YORK CONFERENCE

Chronicle (Levin), 7 August 1946, Page 3

N.Z. WOMEN TO ATTEND NEW YORK CONFERENCE

XTe\v Zculuud women eoncenied with : ihe prouiol ion of closef uuity and a . ix'tler underst amiing among the people of the world are awaiting with interest .ihe confereuce of women 's organisa-' , tions to be lield in New York next , Oetober. ! l.nvitat ions to send delegates liave t been received in New Zealnnd. Among ihe representatives wlio will, attend tlie • confereuce are Mrs. II. Atmoro, Nelson, ; wife of tlie .Memlier of Parliament for | the district, M iss Joan Kattray and Miss B. l.ea, Auckland, j The couference is sponsored bv i nunierous women 's organisations in i Ameriea. A notewortliy feature indi'cntivo of ihe •ibsence of racial bans is ; the inclusion of tlie American FederaItion of Xegro Women among tlie spon- ; sors. j It is underst ood the conl'erenee has : been arranged as an unollicial adjimcr !to Ihe I'nited Xations Organisation, ; i t ^ purpose to bring together women of all natious so tliat they eoultl diseuss j various matters and interests as experi- : eneed and all'ecting their respeetive ' couiitries. i While women welcomed tlie elforts of , ihe ineti assembled in the United . N'ations Organisation to for'ge a peace laeeeptalde and enduring, tliey felt that '. femiiiine influence should liave a plaee and a voiee. Homebuilding aml 1 motlierliood were the very foundatiou of natioual wellbeing. Family lifc and ties were tlie first things sliattered by the ravages of war. ! Aceording to tlie infonnation reaehing New Zealand all religious and poli- ■ tieal dill'erence.s and colour bans were ! heing swept aside in tlie organising of the confereuce aml it would be attended by representatives of every women 's organisation.