Womens Economic Rights> SECOND MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

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Dear members,
We inadvertently omitted some of the participating countries in our welcome 
message.
India is represented by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi, 
they 
were one of our earliest registered participants.  We are sorry for the mix up. 
 
Australia is also represented by our good friend Pamela Watson of the Safari 
Strategy, she is however resident in Nigeria for now and shares our pains with 
us.  
We totally agree with the comments of John Dada of Fantsuan Foundation, 
Nigeria.   
You can see the sheer determination of Mr. Dada in travelling for miles before 
he 
can have access to the internet twice monthly.  This is the general situation 
most 
Nigerians face inspite of their education.  Our colleagues from the North will 
bear 
us out that they have almost unlimited and cheap access to the internet, 
whether 
they are in the cities or in the countryside.  Knowledge is power and the gap 
between the developed and developing world will continue to grow as long as 
there 
is inequity and poverty in the world.
We thank Felicia for her comments.  This is an interactive conference and we 
encourage more contributions from all participants.  That way we will be able 
to 
network, learn from each other and achieve our conference objectives.
Thank you and have a nice day.

J.J. OWA
CONFERENCE CO-ORDINATOR