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_ Beijing on Sept. 30. The North
Vancouver “mini-conference” was
designed to give people information
on what happened i in China.

More than 30,000 women from
around the world attended the forum
in China. Much of the discussion
addressed violence against women.

_ “Ten years ago in Nairobi the
subject was barely mentioned. Now
there were lots of workshops on it,”
said Kempo, who attended the 1985
conference in the Kenyan city. “I
was encouraged by what progress
women are making. They are much
more Politically | in tune than they
were.” «7

Ranji said women from other
countries. were thrilled to be able to

' speak openly.

“Many thought it only happened
in their own countries. When it
comes to violence against women,
woinen have to help women,” said
Ramji.

_. Many of the governments of
countries. represented in Beijing
agreed fo seek ways to lessen vio-

. fence against women, said Ramji.

For Ranji, a volunteer with the

North. Shore's Emily. Murphy
: Transition House, this was extrerne-
ly encouraging. She was also satis-
fied seeing women representing the
different countries. ‘‘Some of these
» women had never been on a plane
before,” she suid.

“Every evening, women from dif-

“ferent countries showed off their °

‘culture, And groups that-may have
‘been’. expected |
: together, said Ramji.

"The Kurdish women were very.

outspoken.” she said-The Kurdish

“women spoke out against Germany”

‘selling arms to Turkey -to fight the
Kurds. Some German women stood
-and said that as a result, they would
boycott.vacationing in Turkey,
= «She. saw: litle..of. the protests
emphasized on television but rather,
‘saw a coming together of women of
. all’ different cultures.“The ‘women
were very gentle,” she said.

This’ concept was repeated’ by.

» the. different, speakers ‘atthe. North
1 Vancouver conference. Ramiji alse
got a‘chance to hear some North
. American’ speakers © during «the
China ‘conference,.
.. First Lady Hillary Ctinton.
Ranji got to hear Clinton speak
to the,;NGOs after waiting. in line
es for three hours 0 one morning.

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“She really validated the NGOs.
She emphasized the vilue of grass-
roots organizations.”

Clinton also emphasized the
importance of having the Beijing
conference platform written in sim-
ple language so that all women
could understand it.

While the sessions could be
tedious as documents were gone
over word by word for what seemed
like “forever.” Ramji said: “Women

ence) the

want to see change. Only by hold-
ing hands together can we achieve
change.”

She added, “(before the confer-
Chinese government
didn't even know what NGO was, it
was difficult for them.”

She does not blame the prob-
lems so much on the Chinese gos.
ernment, but on the United Nations
which chose to have the conference

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