International Social Work
She became the Area Vice-President for Asia of the Associated Countrywomen of the World at their World Conference in Edinburgh in 1959, and was re-elected at the World Conference in Melbourne in 1962. She represented ACWW at the UNESCO Seminar on Adult Education in England, the UNESCO Seminar on Eradication of prejudice in Munich, the International Council of Women’s Conferences in Istanbul and in Bangkok, UNESCO’s NGO Conference in Paris, and their Board meetings at Addis Ababa, Bangkok, and Manila. She was invited by the Director-General of FAO as a Consultant for the planning of the Freedom from Hunger.
She was elected the World President of the Associated Countrywomen of the World at their World Conference at Dublin in 1965, and was re-elected unopposed in 1968.
In 1983, the Associated Countrywomen of the World elected her a “Member of Honour”.
She was also a Vice President of the International Alliance of Women and was connected with World View International.
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