S.A. women active for Afro-Asian Week (Tribune, 26 April 1961)

Tribune (1961-04-26) - S. A. Women Active For Afro - Asian Week Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236250975 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 26 Apr 1961 - S. A. WOMEN ACTIVE FOR AFRO - ASIAN WEEK Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1991), Wednesday 26 April 1961, page 10 S. A. WOMEN ACTIVE FOR AFRO - ASIAN WEEKADELAIDE: The Union of Australian Women has been acfive in Ihe fight for psace as part of the preparations for Solidarity Week wilh the Afro-Asian countries.A message of greetings w&s sent | to Gen. Nasution of Indonesia oni his visit to Australia. The letter |! gave support to the just claims of I Indonesia to West New Guinea and i called for a Pact of Peace between! Australia and Indonesia in further-! ance of world peace. This letter, a copy of which was I sent to Mr. Menzies, was supported: by the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom, the S.A. I Peace Committee and prominent j peace fighters, Edna and George! I Hutchesson and Fred Whitney. The U.A.W. has sent letters to the i U.N. and President Kennedy calling jfor a withdrawal of rebel forces from Cuba. CONDEMN U.S.A. The letter to President Kennedy called for the withdrawal of United States assistance to the Cuban rebels. "We condemn your government for its actions so far in this matter as being a grave threat to world peace... In view of your statement recently that the U.S. had no intention of invading Cuba, you stand condemned in the eyes of the peoples of the world for the part so far played," says the message. A letter to the organisation of women in Algeria was also sent by_the U.A.W. It supports the demand of independence by the Algerian people and for the ending of the 6 year old war fought on Algerian soil. J A culmination of the activities j around the Solidarity Week will be. a Luncheon, at the Rechabite Cham- ' bers, Victoria Sq„ on WEDNESDAY, May 10 at 12.30 p.m. As this will:also be a celebration for Mother's Day the theme will be "Awakening Mothers of the Afro-Asian Nations need your support in their struggle for independence." Mr. S. Lovibond, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Adelaide University and Secretary of the S.A. Peace Committee will be the Guest Speaker.