Women’s Conference in Israel

“The world would be a better place if women ran it,” former U.S. Representative Bella Abzug said today prior to tonight’s opening session of the World Conference of Women Leaders. “Today, politics are run generally by men, and they are lacking in humanism and compassion,” Abzug said. “Women could bring that same aspect into world diplomacy and politics, and I’m sure the world would be a better place for it.” She claimed she was dismissed recently as chairperson of the President’s Council on Women’s Affairs because “I fervently opposed the national budget submitted to Congress, which reduced the amount allocated” for projects of concern to women. Other delegates to the four-day congress include Billie Miller, Health Minister of Barbados, financial industrialist Ester Okolow from Guyana and Parliament members, ministers, businesswomen and others from throughout the world.