Delegation
Morocco
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.
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.