PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN'S SEMINAR CALLS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN.

Record ID: 473366

  • Title: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN'S SEMINAR CALLS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN.
  • Date: 27th July 1971
  • Summary: 1. CV Town Hall 0.05 2. MV Mr. Ndalla enters and greeted by members of Women's Union. 0.14 3. MV PAN Mr. Ndalla and women into hall and applauded by delegates (2 shots). 0.24 4. GV and MV Dancer and musicians (3 shots) 0.32 5. GV Audience applaud 0.35 6. MV ZOOM IN to CU Mrs. Fathia speaking. 0.43 7. GV Audience applaud 0.46 8. SV ZOOM IN to CU Mrs. Diop speaking. 0.53 9. GV Audience applaud. 0.54 10. MV ZOOM IN to CU Mr. Ndalla speaking. 1.02 11. GV Audience cheering for Mr. Ndalla. 1.05 Initials VS/1.50 VS/1.59 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 11th August 1971 13:00
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  • Location: BRAZZAVILLE, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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  • Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
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  • Reuters ID: LVACV938HKG2KFAT5IPX3ZUDC1BB
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  • Story Text: The Pan-African Women's Conference wound up its week long discussions in Congo Brazzaville last Friday with a call for equal rights for women. Delegates from 12 African nations and representatives of African nationalist movements attended the conference. Another resolution passed during the conference condemned apartheid and racial discrimination of any kind.

    SYNOPSIS: The week long Pan-African Women's Conference has ended in Congo-Brazzaville. The First Secretary of the ruling Congolese Labour Party, Mr. Claude Ndalla, attended the last session of the conference and was warmly applauded by the delegates.

    The delegates were treated to a display of African dancing before the final resolutions of the conference were read for approval.

    Mrs. Fathia, from Algeria read some of the resolutions. They called for equal rights for women, condemned apartheid and all forms of racial discrimination and demanded all African Governments aid the liberation movements. Delegates from 12 African nations and representative of African nationalist movements attended the conference. In addition there were observers from the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United Nations.
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