Afro-Asian Women's Conference

The Afro-Asian Women's Conference, was an international women's conference, which took place in Colombo in Ceylon in 15-24 February 1958.
It is known as the first Afro-Asian Women's Conference. As an Afro-Asian international conference, it was preceded by the first Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Conference in Cairo, Egypt,.
It was arranged by women's groups from Ceylon, Burma, Indonesia and Pakistan. Representatives from a number of countries in Asia and Africa attended. Among them were delegates from Afghanistan, which was the first time women represented Afghanistan in public.
It was followed by the Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo, Egypt, January 1961.