Media Advisory: Minister to Speak at Annual General Meeting

The Honourable Susan Sullivan, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, will speak at the Canadian Federation of University Women’s (CFUW) annual general meeting and conference today (Thursday, August 4) at 5:45 p.m. in the court garden at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, St John’s.

The Canadian Federation of University Women is a voluntary, non-profit, self-funded, non-partisan, non-governmental organization of close to 10,000 graduate women, students and associate members in 112 clubs in Canada who advocate for equality for women and girls. It seeks to improve access to education for women, for peace, justice, human rights and to support programs that improve the environment. The organization also has special consultative status with the United Nations.

For more information on CFUW, visit www.cfuw.org.

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Media contact:
Melissa MacLeod
Communications Specialist
Women’s Policy Office
709-729-6225, 693-7938
melissamacleod@gov.nl.ca 

2011 08 04             10:30 a.m.