It campaigns for equal status for women and men in all aspects of life and also for peace and an end to poverty worldwide.
Following Winston Churchill's 1946 speech heralding the onset of the Cold War, women became more and more aware that there was no existing space for their concerns and response to political events.
Four delegates from the Soviet Union who had planned to attend were refused visas by Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Home Secretary, and two women from Italy were denied entry to the country when they reached Dover.
[1] Considered by some to be a communist-affiliated organisation,[3] members of the National Assembly of Women primary advocated for peace and peace-related causes; they also fought for better education, health care, pensions, and childcare.
[3] The National Assembly of women was also known to have enjoyed close contacts with the London branch of the Caribbean Labour Congress led by Billy Strachan.