On March 8 1994, American women leaders gathered on Capitol Hill to applaud the release of the South African Women's Charter for Effective Equality. This charter, completed in February 1994, was coordinated by the Women's National Coalition, consisting of over 80 diverse member organizations. It will be presented to the Constituent Assembly. The event in Washington, D.C., co-hosted by the Africa Fund and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), included Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, NOW President Patricia Ireland, National Political Congress of Black Women President Dr. Delores Tucker, and ANC Chief Representative to the U.S. Lindiwe Mabuza. A press conference about this event in...
On March 8 1994, American women leaders gathered on Capitol Hill to applaud the release of the South African Women's Charter for Effective Equality. This charter, completed in February 1994, was coordinated by the Women's National Coalition, consisting of over 80 diverse member organizations. It will be presented to the Constituent Assembly. The event in Washington, D.C., co-hosted by the Africa Fund and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), included Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, NOW President Patricia Ireland, National Political Congress of Black Women President Dr. Delores Tucker, and ANC Chief Representative to the U.S. Lindiwe Mabuza. A press conference about this event in was led by Jennifer Davis of The Africa Fund and Dr. Dorothy Height of NCNW. Participants represented 26 organizations, including the YWCA, National Council of Jewish Women, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, American Association of University Women, AME Church, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), Women's Empowerment and Development Organization, Institute for International Education, and grass roots anti-apartheid groups such as the Southern Africa Support Project.
