APPENDIX III: PREPARATORY CONFERENCES ATTENDED

The TWD participated in international Preparatory Conferences
for the FWCW, major UN conferences in which issues related to the 
FWCW were addressed, and national and local FWCW Preparatory 
Conferences hosted by various NGOs, universities and UN organisations.

A. International and Regional FWCW Preparatory Conferences

Asia and Pacific Symposium of NGOs on Women in Development,
Manila,The Philippines, November 1993.

FWCW NGO Governmental Consultation and Preparatory Meeting,
New York, United States, March 1994.

Foro de Murjeres de America Latina y el Caribe; Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Regional
Preparatory Meeting for FWCW, Mar de Plata, Argentina, September
1994.

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) High Level Regional
Meeting and Related NGO Forum, Vienna, Austria, October
1994.

FWCW NGO Governmental Consultation and Preparatory Meeting,
New York, United States, March 1995.

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Geneva, Switzerland,
July 1995.

B. Additional Major International Conferences and Meetings

UN World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, Austria, June
1993.

International Conference On Population And Development,
Cairo, Egypt, September 1994.

UN World Summit For Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark,
March 1995.


C. Local FWCW Preparatory Conferences and Meetings

Asia


Orientation Workshop on the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, New Delhi, India,
April 1994.

Asian Women's Meeting, Bangalore, India, January 1995.

Lobbying Training in preparation for the Final Preparatory
Conference Meeting, New Delhi, India, February 1995.

Asia-Pacific Women in Law and Development (APWLD) Regional
Consultation On Women And Politics, Madras, India, June
1995.

National Consultation on Education/India Coordination Unit
for Beijing' 95, New Delhi, India, July 1995.


Europe


Nordic Forum, FWCW Preparatory Meeting, Abo Turku, Finland,
August 1994.

Dialogue On Refugees And Displaced Women In Times Of
Conflict, Athens Greece, September 1994.

FWCW Meetings of the NGO-Forum, Zurich, Switzerland,
1994-1995.

National FWCW Preparatory Meetings, Berne, Switzerland,
January/June 1995.

Conference on Violence against Tibetan Women, Oslo, Norway,
May 1995.

Swedish NGO Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, 1995.

FWCW, Amnesty International, Berne, Switzerland, 1995.

North America

FWCW Preparatory Meeting, University of California, Berkeley,
California, United States, June 1993.

Region X Preparatory Meeting, Tacoma, Washington, United
States, April 1994.

International Conference on Women and Sustainable
Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada,
May 1994.

National Conference on Women and Peace, Voice of Women for
Peace, Toronto, Canada, June 1994.

Canadian FWCW NGO Preparatory Conference, Canadian Beijing
Facilitating Committee, Winnipeg, Canada, August 1994.

FWCW Preparatory Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, United
States, September 1994.

FWCW Preparatory Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United
States, September 1994.

FWCW Preparatory Meeting, Oakland, California, United States,
November 1994.

Women's Rights are Human Rights, York University, Toronto,
Canada, March 1995.

The Culture of Peace: Canadian Youth Consultation on the
Beijing Conference, United Nations Economic and Social Council
(UNESCO), Ottawa, Canada, April 1995.



D. TWD Internal Strategy Meetings


Orientation Workshop for India and Nepal Regional TWA
branches, Dharamsala, India, August 1994.

International TWD Internal Strategy Meeting, New York, United
States, March 1995.

North American TWD Strategy Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah,
United States, July 1995.

European TWD Strategy Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, July
1995.