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Under the invitation of the British Council,
the Chinese Women's Delegation led by Mme.
Wan Shaofen, Vice-Chair of the Internal
& Judicial Affairs Committee of the
National People's Congress, has paid a visit
to the United Kingdom from February 18 to
25 to discuss women's reight Honourable
Baroness Boothroyd, who is the only woman
Speaker of the House of Commons in the history
of Westminster and now a member of the House
of Lords, kight Honourable Baroness Bottomley,
former Cabinet Minister and now MP and Vice-chair
of the British Council, hosted a farewell
luncheon for the delegation. During the
stay in the UK, the delegation met more
than ten MPs and MSPs (Member of the Scottish
Parliament), and visited many women organisations
and research institutes to learn about their
efforts in promoting political representation
of women, including University College London,
The Fawcett Society, The 300 Group, Engender,
University of Edinburgh, Active Learning
Centre, The Scottish Civic Forum, etc..
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