WFWP Netherlands UN International Day of Peace 2014

T he 20th of September 3 Members of WFWP NL joined the event organized by Women’s Plaza The Hague in cooperation with ProDemos (House of Democracy & Rule of Law) (www.ProDemos.nl) called Salon Women & (ProDemos is one of the key partners of the NECE (Networking European Citizenship Education)). Funding came from Fonds 1818 as well. We talked at the end with the Project manager of ProDemos and from this conversation the plan came Democracy. to work together with ProDemos & Vrouwenplaza for 6 Tables were organized with women from different the UN Int. Day of Women in 2015. Overall the spirit educational & vocational backgrounds. Each table was vibrant and the program was well organized. One had her chair & expert on the theme Democracy and lady (Anita Poolman) red poems about the early looked at it from different angles. Our table was Greek ladies and some poems from South Africa. Her chaired by a former member of parliament (35 yrs performance was excellent. She was also brilliant in old). She voluntarily stepped down because she her moments of silence. Music was performed by a couldn’t agree with certain issues (moral issue harpist, a young lady. Everything was done elegantly. problems mostly). Her educational background being There was a mixture of younger ladies and older, journalism makes her a frequently invited person in more experienced, ladies. Everyone was interested in programs on television and other media. making progress and investing more of themselves. Women’s plaza organized also last year a women’s The participants from WFWP’s side were: Mihoko meeting around the very first lady who received the Koetsier – Ikeya, Setsuko van Vliet – Matsumoto and Nobel Peace Prize, Mrs. Bertha von Suttner. Rita Salaris – Lichtenberg. The photographer Mrs. Mieke Schlaman initiated this time again the event in cooperation with ProDemos