4-09-07, 1:56 pm

Caracas, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) The 14th Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) started in this capital on Monday, attended by 1,500 delegates from 84 countries, the organization s president Marcia Campos stated.

The presence of women from Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon, territories of military aggressions, confers the event a strong anti-terrorist content, Campos said in a news conference.

She also highlighted the presence to the first WIDF congress in American soil of women from 25 countries of Europe, a continent with a terrible situation in feminine employment, and spoke out for the need to eliminate imperialism so that women can work as such and not like they were men.

The official expressed the movement s intention of fighting salary equality and for women who do not want to work only doing housework.

Among the sector s aspirations she talked of the possibility of having public laundry and restaurants, to improve working woman s quality of life.

Campos stated that Venezuela is developing a strong political process that among their social achievements is the elimination of illiteracy.

Also on the list is examining starvation problems in Africa and Haiti and demanding mechanisms to ensure the presence of women in the society s decision levels, stated Campos.

From Prensa Latina

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