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ACWW â€" “Partners in Progress ” The Associated Country Women of the World held their 19th 'I‘riennial Con- fer-once in Kansas City. Missouri. from September 21 to October 1, 1989. Sevâ€" eral hundred members of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada attended. The FWIO's official voting delegation included Margaret Munro from the Ottawa Area. Peggy Knapp from the Guelph Area, Marion Morey from the Trent Valley Area, and Irma Bennett and Christine Raehum from Eastern Ontario. Gillian Catto from the North Central Area also attended as a non-voting delegate. The Junior Women‘s Institutes oi Ontario were granted “Constituent Society" status at this Conference. World wide the ACWW represents our nine million rural women in seven- t\ countries. The primary aims of this or Eanization are in harmony with those of the Women's Institutes: to work to; ether to promote the training and dLuElUpment of rural women, and imâ€" p: rve conditions for their families and Cl nmunities. .‘he nine workshops offered at the A' W conference covered the follow- in: topics: Changing Family Structures; Pi gross in Family Health; Agricultural lr 3rdependence and Its Impact on Sr riety; and, Energy for Living. And. a «enactment of the beginnings of the A' ‘W was produced by the Women‘s ln' titutes of Nova Scotia for their D' imond Jubilee Celebration. Storing the business session at the N W conference, recommendations or aids, artificial procreation and exâ€" pt: ments on human embryos, trade in er: langered species, and environment and development awareness campaigns it.- re carried. Other resolutions dealing w ‘h a variety of topics were sustained â€" 'rade in dangerous waste, women in agriculture, water pollution and quality, and forced sterilization, abortion and intmticide, the new World President of the A‘fWW is Valerie Fisher of Australia. Yolanda Calvé from Quebec has been eltcted for her second term as Area President for Canada. Other Canadian {cllresentatives on ACWW committees intlude: Margaret Munro of Ontario 1an Aileen Kritzinger of Alberta, on the Finance Committee; and, Geneva King of Prince Edward Island. on the UN Committee. Learn more about ACWW and its work throughout the world. Subscribe to their quarterly newsletter. the Countrywoman. Now, you do not have to become a member of ACWW to w subscribe, For more information crin- tact: The General Secretary. Associated Countrywomen of the World. Vll’iLrJFIl House, Vincent Square. London, SWIP ZNB, England, ‘4'); Valerie Fisher of Australia, newly elected President ofrhe AC WW. is pictured above (centre) with Past President Dr. Ellen MacLean of Nova Scotia (right) and Margaret Munro (lqfi), President of the FWIO at that time. Joint Celebration Planned This year is the 75th anniversary year of the National Federation of Women‘s Institutes (NFWI) in England and Wales; and a joint celebration with the FWIO is planned in England between July 11 and 22. Mrs. Alfred (Madge) Watt, founder of the NFWI during World War I in England, was born in Collingwood, Ontario, in 1867. After marrying. Mrs. Watt moved to British Columbia with her husband where she was instrumen- tal in organizing Women’s Institute groups. And later. when she moved to England, her experiences in Canada provided the background needed to establish Women's Institutes there. The 75th anniversary of Women‘s In- stitutes in Britain, founded by a Cana- dian woman, and the fact that Wl’s originated in Ontario, is the reasoning behind the joint celebration planned between the NFWI and the FWIO. The FWlO President. Peggy Knapp. has finalized an itinerary to include: I an orientation tour of Central London - a reception with NFWI executive members at Ontario Government House in London 0 a more in~depth tour of London‘s tourist attractions ' attending a performance at the Adelphi Theatre 0 the trip to Denman College via the Cotswold District I participating in a 4-day programme prepared by Deni-nan College for WI members - touring the Wiltshire District ' a day with W] hostesses in Surrey. including a visit to a W] market This joint celebration in recognition of the founding of the NFWI in England and Wales. is indeed a unique oppor- tunity for participating W10 members. f H & C December. January. February 1990 13 ‘7.__â€"â€"