Vancouver Indo-Chinese Women's Conference
The Vancouver Indochinese Women's Conference (VICWC) took place in April 1971, where close to a thousand women from
The VICWC was divided into four parts over a period of six days, where different women's groups would meet to discuss various women's and antiwar issues.[5][6] In the first part, the Indochinese women met with the Voice of Women; the second part was a session open to the public; in the third segment, the Indochinese met with Third World women; the fourth part was between Indochinese and women's liberationists, which were mostly white women.[5] The lesbian feminist group "New Morning" also met with Indochinese women during the women's liberation segment.[7]
The Vancouver Women's Caucus was one of the organizing groups of the conference.
Attendance
The North American women who attended the conference identified as either the "Old Friends," "New Friends," or "Third World Women."
References
- ^ a b c d e Memo, WILPF, WSP (Fall 1971). Impressions from the Conference of Indochinese and North American Women. Voice of Women. p. 16.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Gough, Kathleen (1971). Indochinese Women's Conference in Vancouver. Vancouver: SFU Archives F-166, "Women Movement Collection" (Anne Roberts collector), 1969-1975. p. 1.