NORTHERN IRELAND WOMEN'S COALITION HOLD PARTY CONFERENCE

June 19, 2004 - (Northern Ireland Women's Coalition) The N.I. Women’s Coalition held their annual conference in June at Manor House, Cultra. It proved to be very successful and forward looking after the disappointments of the previous few months.
 
The main focus of the morning session was their response to the request by Secretary of State for ideas around a truth & reconciliation process in N.Ireland.
 
Monica McWilliams said, "Our guest speakers gave us plenty to reflect on and we were urged by Marie Smyth to ensure that our voice is heard in the consultation process".
 
With this in mind, N.I. Women’s Coalition intend to write to Paul Murphy stressing the need for all who have something to say and ideas to put forward on this subject, to be given an opportunity to do so.
 
“We are currently putting together our ideas for the vital process of remembering the past and moving forward. We urge the Secretary of State to hold off from making any decision on this key issue until all those with a role to play have put forward their ideas”, said Monica recently.

From: http://www.niwc.org/conference04.asp