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Attention: Business, Social Affairs and Women Correspondents

Glenys Kinnock MEP joins Senior Trade Unionists in Wales to marks International Womens’ Day.

Glenys Kinnock MEP will be the guest speaker at a lunch to mark International Womens’ Day in Wales.

The lunch will be held at Churchills Hotel, in Cardiff at 12.30pm on March 8^th 2002 where Senior Trade Unionists in Wales will come together to celebrate this important day.

Felicity Williams, Assistant General Secretary of the Wales TUC said ' Women throughout the world share a common history of discrimination and exploitation. Here in Wales, trade unionists have achieved much but as the equal pay campaign, launched yesterday, shows, we have much to do.

'On International Womens’ Day, we also need to reflect on the misery and degradation that thousands of women are suffering throughout the world, especially in Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Western Sahara. We will continue to campaign throughout the TUC for fairness and decent rights for all.'

Glenys Kinnock MEP said ' "International Women's Day is a chance for us to reflect upon the fact that nowhere in the world can women claim to have the same rights and opportunities as men. Our task in Wales is to maintain our efforts to build equality into all our institutions and structures - in industry, in the private and public sector, the Trade Unions, in economic and social developments, education, environment, transport, politics and a lot more. A formidable task, not just for March 8th, but for 365 days of the year."

Telephone Contacts:

Felicity Williams - Assistant General Secretary - Wales TUC - 029 2034 7010

Press release (300 words) issued 5 Mar 2002