Free public meeting to Mark International Women's Day
Women in Afghanistan. Picture: Jan Chipchase
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March 3, 2023
A public meeting has been organised by the Wandsworth branch of the United Nations Association (UNA) to mark International Women's Day.
Mollie Tant, Development Office of the Rahela Trust and Abida Kakar, Women for Peace and Participation will be holding a discussion on the subject 'Afghanistan: Women and Girls -- What Future?'.
The meeting will be chaired by Catherine Pluygers, Vice-Chair UNA Wandsworth.
The meeting takes place on Tuesday 7 March from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at The Community Church Hall, Werter Road, SW15 2LL (opposite Sainsburys).
A question and answer session will follow the talk with refreshments available.
The local UNA has been in existence for more than 60 years. It was started when World War II was fresh in people's minds and the need for a new world order in the form of the United Nations was seen as imperative. Today its function remains to inform people about the UN, to support its work, to challenge that work when necessary and to lobby the UK Government.
The group holds three public meetings a year and the Committee chooses topical subjects of concern to the UN and relating to world affairs, booking experts in appropriate fields.
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