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    Vol.59/No.31           August 28, 1995 
 
 
'Militant' To Send Reporting Team To China; Funds Needed For Trip  

BY PAUL MAILHOT
More than 30,000 people are heading to Beijing to participate in discussions and debates on the situation facing women in the world today and the fight to advance women's rights. The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women will take place September 4-15 with government representatives from throughout the world attending. Tens of thousands of others will participate in the Forum on Women for members of non-governmental organizations to be held August 30-September 8 in Huairou, some 30 miles north of Beijing.

The impact of depression conditions on women's rights to employment, education, and health care; access to birth control and legal abortion; marriage and divorce laws; and legal protections for women will be among the topics under debate. Some 5,000 women from China are expected to participate in the various meetings.

The Militant will report first-hand on the debates and discussions that unfold in China. Correspondents Laura Garza and Maggie Trowe will cover the conferences in Beijing and Huairou. The cost of sending two reporters there will be approximately $10,000. The Militant is appealing to its readers and supporters to give a generous contribution to our special travel fund, which makes international reporting trips, such as the one to China, possible.

Please make checks out to the Militant, earmarked for the China reporting trip, and send them to: Militant, 410 West Street, New York, NY, 10014.

 
 
 
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