The Afro-Asian Women's Conference, was an international women's conference, which took place in Colombo in Ceylon in 15-24 February 1958. [1]
It is known as the first Afro-Asian Women's Conference.[2] As an Afro-Asian international conference, it was preceded by the first Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Conference in Cairo, Egypt, (December 26, 1957 to January 1, 1958).
It was arranged by women's groups from Ceylon, Burma, Indonesia and Pakistan. Representatives from a number of countries in Asia and Africa attended. Among them were delegates from Afghanistan, which was the first time women represented Afghanistan in public.[3]
It was followed by the Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo, Egypt, January 1961.
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edit- ^ Amy Aisen Kallander Tunisia's Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s
- ^ Asian-African Conference of Women. The First Asian-African Conference of Women : Report of the Proceedings 15-24 February 1958. Colombo Ceylon: Conference; 1958.
- ^ Tamim Ansary (2012) Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan