International Congress of Women.

White Ribbon, Volume 9, Issue 98, 1 July 1903, Page 9

International Congress of Women.

The following information with regard to the next International Congress of Women has l>een received by the President of the National Council of the Women of New Zealand :

“ According to the resolution parsed in the summer of 1899, the next International Congress of Women hastotake place after the quinquennial meeting of the I.C.W. in the summer of 1904 in Berlin. This Congress will not lie held under the auspices of the 1.C.W., but under the responsibility and management of the National Council of Germany. The exact time of the Congress can only l>e decided on after this year’s Conference of the Executive of the I. C. W, in Dresden. For the present, three days have been fixed for the sessions of the Council and one week for the Congress. The programme of the Congress will be divided into four sections, with subdivisions, and, in order to avoid over burdening, will be limited to those lines of work which are in connection with the Women’s Movement and with all the new rights and duties this movement is aimiug at. The four sections will embrace,: —1, Education; 2, Women's

Professions and Industries; 3, Social Work and Institutions; 4, The Legal Position of Women (Civil and Public Rights).'* The hope is expressed that “ a great number of the memlrers of the Council and of the (women of the) country may l>e present.” A special request is made that, amongst other delegates, a prominent speaker from New Zealand nay be sent to report on the effects of woman suffrage in New Zealand.