Delegations

AWIU has sponsored more than 55 delegations to more than 100 countries on every continent except Antarctica, including visits to countries in Africa, Latin America, Central America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia (India, Burma, Mongolia, Japan, China, Malaysia, and Asia Pacific) and others. Some of our delegations have broken new ground by being the first delegation of women to be permitted to enter a country. These milestones include our first delegation to Russia in 1968, our delegation to China in 1973 and Saudi Arabia in 2002. In 2009, the delegation to Libya marked another milestone – the first delegation of American women to visit there in 40 years.

Purpose

The purpose of our delegations is to seek enhanced learning experiences about the countries we visit, while also seeking to, wherever we travel, foster an atmosphere that promotes understanding between the United States and that country. Delegation members often meet with political leaders, business leaders, leading women’s groups, non-profit organizations, and many others during their visits. Delegations have at times been inspired by the work of individual International Women of Courage honorees, whom we honor yearly in conjunction with the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Our Delegations History

A Dedication To Delegations – Stories, reports, and journals about AWIUs delegations in the twenty-first century.
Delegation PDF
  • 2019

    Delegation

    Morocco

  • 2017

    Delegation

    Nicaragua

    2017

  • 2016

    Delegation

    Ethiopia

  • 2015

    Delegation

    Chiapas, Mexico

    2015

  • 2014

    Delegation

    Myanmar (Burma)

  • 2012

    Delegation

    Balkans

    2012

  • 2010

    Delegation

    Japan, Russia

  • 2009

    Delegation

    Libya

    2009

  • 2008

    Delegation

    Argentina

  • 2006

    Delegation

    India

    2006

  • 2005

    Delegation

    Iceland

  • 2003

    Delegation

    Cuba

    2003

  • 2002

    Delegation

    Saudi Arabia

  • 2001

    Delegation

    Mongolia, China

    2001

  • 2000

    Delegation

    Israel, England, Germany

  • 1999

    Delegation

    France, Mexico, United States – Return visit of the All China Women’s Federation

    1999

  • 1998

    Delegation

    Italy, Syria, China

  • 1996

    Delegation

    South Africa

    1996

  • 1994

    Delegation

    Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

  • 1993

    Delegation

    Ireland

    1993

  • 1991

    Delegation

    China

  • 1990

    Delegation

    Russia, Eastern Europe (Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Austria)

    1990

  • 1989

    Delegation

    Russia

  • 1988

    Delegation

    Greece, Turkey

    1988

  • 1986

    Delegation

    Far East

  • 1984

    Delegation

    China, Israel, Egypt, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala

    1984

  • 1983

    Delegation

    Argentina, Chile, USSR

  • 1981

    Delegation

    USSR, China

    1981

  • 1979

    Delegation

    Japan, Korea

  • 1978

    Delegation

    Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, China, Cuba, Mexico

    1978

  • 1977

    Delegation

    Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru

  • 1975

    Delegation

    Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Iran, China

    1975

  • 1974

    Delegation

    Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, USSR, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Hong Kong

  • 1973

    Delegation

    China

    1973

  • 1971

    Delegation

    Israel, Egypt, USSR

  • 1969

    Delegation

    USSR, Romania, Yugoslavia

    1969

  • 1968

    Delegation

    USSR, Hungary, Czechoslovakia