About Us
About The Women’s Council and its Trustees.
About the Women's Council
The Organization
Patrons
The Council has 26 participating Asian/Asian Pacific member countries, and the female Heads of Mission or the wives of Heads of Mission to the Court of St James are the Patrons of the Council.
President
Doris, The Lady Butterworth of Warwick
Chairman
Mrs Patricia Yaxley
Trustees ex officio
Mrs Patricia Yaxley, Mrs Elizabet Yates, Mrs Gerda Pope, Mrs Bina Sagoo, Mrs Jenny Habib
Trustees, Elected
Mrs Thelma Akrawi, Mrs Anam Al-Jumaili, Mrs Ruth Whitehouse, Miss Antonia Derry, and co-opted members
Honorary Advisor to the Training Programme
Dr Frances Moore MBE, Hon. DSc
The Council’s work is supported by a Committee which comprises the Trustees, Diplomatic Patrons or their representatives (all ex officio), Mrs Lena Freeman, Dr Lamees Ibrahim, Mrs Pat Mellor, Princess Yasmien Abbasi, Mrs Nasim Khan, Mrs Fatimah Gammage-Sa’adon, Mrs Caroline Muir, Dr Rajni Rijal and co-opted members.
A brief summary of the 2019 AGM with pictures can be viewed under ‘Recent Events’ on the ‘Events’ page.
