The Women’s Council
The aims of the Council are: 1) to promote friendship and cooperation between women of Asian countries and the UK and 2) to raise funds for the Training and Scholarship Programme. The Training and Scholarship Programme supports the training of women working in community disability programmes in Asia to improve the care of, and promote the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream education, and all services and opportunities available to their peers. The Council supports two courses, one based in Mumbai, India serving candidates from Asia and Asia Pacific, and a second based in Cairo, which operates throughout the Middle East. The Council has 26 participating Asian/Asian Pacific/Arab member countries, and the female Heads of Mission or the wives of Heads of Mission to the Court of St James are the Patrons of the Council.