Baha'i Woman to Serve on U.N. Committee on Women's Issues

June 13, 2003

Source: Baha'i World News

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story.cfm?storyid=222

On June 13, 2003 the Baha'i World News reported that "the principal representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations was yesterday elected to chair a major committee on women's issues... Bani Dugal will serve for two years at the UN in New York as Chair of the non-governmental organizations' Committee on the Status of Women... Then she will be eligible for a second two-year term... As Chair of the Committee, Ms. Dugal will work with all departments at the United Nations to promote the advancement of women and girls and the equality of women and men."