Womens Council
Ethnic Women’s Council (EWC): Executives 2010-11
The EWC’s executive comprises the following
President: Alexis LewGor
Rotorua Multicultural Council
Phone: 07 348 0248
Mobile: 027 449 4417
Treasurer: Amita Shah Phone:
Tauranga Multicultural Council
Secretary: Cornelia Mageanu
Christchurch Multicultural Council
Phone: (03) 348 4268
Email: mageanuc@yahoo.com
About Us:
Each Regional Council is encouraged to send a Women’s Representative to NZFEC’s tri-annual conferences. The EWC meets separately from the main conference to discuss matters of interest, advocacy, and information. The EWC continues to support the main goals of the Federation in its attempt to build a multi cultural society based on biculturalism. The EWC’s methodology is collaborative and we continue to celebrate diversity and will be gearing itself up to assist with a number of matters raised in the Federation’s Strategic Plan. Social networking is also an important focus over the coming year. The EWC’s aim is to give ethnic women a voice, and to be an advocate for positive change. It is our belief that women teaming together can help improve the position of not only themselves but that of their whanau/families. To this end, one of the first moves of the EWC has been to ratify its own Charter [Charter to be inserted here].
Work Undertaken By the Current EWC:
q EWC Database – A new database of updated regional EWC Representatives established
q Promotion of EWC – Communications/Contacts made with main stakeholder groups
q Templates – A Calendar of Events (2009) and an EWC Minutes Template have been created
q Affiliation – The National Council of Women of NZ (NCWNZ) have welcomed the EWC/NZFEC as an affiliate
q Networking – Participation at (1) NCWNZ Biennial Conference (2) Maori Women’s Welfare League Conference (3) Women’s Suffrage Day Celebrations
q Capacity Building – NZFEC workshops attended
q EWC Charter - Ratification
EWC Projects:
q MSD (ongoing)
q Domestic Violence Forum (to be confirmed)