| Achong Tanjong |
DELEGATES from Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia attending the recently concluded 12th Associated Country Women Area Conference for Southeast Asia and the Far East, in Jakarta are hoping to put up a resolution that will see the organisation extend further to other parts of the world in the future.
“We look forward to further strengthening our friendship and working together with other countries like the Philippines, Mongolia, Korea, China and also Indonesia. Hopefully we will be able to put up a resolution whereby we create a project for our areas which we can work on together,” Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) Past World President Dato Ursula Goh told the Bulletin recently.
The conference programme is very intensive because there are resolutions to be made. The event was attended by the World President and also the last Area President, before the world conference is held in Melbourne, Australia in 2019. There is also an election for the world leaders, she said.
“So we are coming together to the conference of the Southeast Asia and the Far East to speak up together. Malaysia and Brunei are very close to each other and we confer with each other for resolutions. We are going to put up a resolution that in the future, the organisation extends further to other parts of the world. We are looking forward to that,” she said.
Discussing the sort of resolutions to be highlighted, Dato Ursula Goh said, “We will see what is needed for Brunei and Malaysia. But it will focus primarily on strengthening women development in today’s world – because there are a lot of challenges now, so we need that. We will also try to strengthen our leadership role especially among the young ones. We would like to see younger people take over from us,” said Dato Ursula Goh said.
“The theme of the conference ‘90 Years for Women‘s Right, 90 Years of Building Opportunities,’ is very meaningful in today’s world. We need to do more to strengthen not only our own organisation, but also the role of a woman. I see in every country, there is a need to build up women’s participation – especially in leadership and community services,” she said.
