Afro-Asian Women's Conference

The Afro-Asian Women's Conference was an international women's conference, which took place in Colombo in Ceylon on 15–24 February 1958. Amy Aisen Kallander Tunisia's Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s

It is known as the first Afro-Asian Women's Conference.Asian-African Conference of Women. The First Asian-African Conference of Women : Report of the Proceedings 15–24 February 1958. Colombo Ceylon: Conference; 1958. As an Afro-Asian international conference, it was preceded by the first Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Conference in Cairo, Egypt (26 December 1957 to 1 January 1958).

It was arranged by women's groups from Ceylon, Burma, Indonesia and Pakistan. Representatives from a number of countries in Asia and Africa attended. Among them were delegates from Afghanistan, which was the first time women represented Afghanistan in public.Tamim Ansary (2012) Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

It was followed by the Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo, Egypt, January 1961.

See also All-Asian Women's Conference Second Eastern Women's Congress

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