Kalgoorlie-Boulder branch of Country Women’s Association relaunches with plans to advocate for safer toilets

A local branch of the Country Women’s Association will be returning to help advocate for issues essential to women and children of the community, with safer toilets their first priority. The inaugural meeting of the Kalgoorlie-Boulder CWA will take place on Sunday where the branch executive will be formed to mark the official return of the group — previously named Goldfields CWA —which closed a few years ago. Branch spokesperson Gemma Abbott said a small group of local women had worked hard to get the branch up and running again and hoped to see a swell of support from the community. “Once established we hope to be able to advocate for issues such as clean, safe toilets for all women especially nursing mothers and mothers of young children when they are shopping in town,” she said. “We also want to be able to raise funds to help essential community projects within Kalgoorlie-Boulder. “CWA of WA turned 100 last year and we want women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to have the chance to be part of this awesome organisation. “We provide a place of friendship, fun and advocacy on issues that are essential to the women and children of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.” Women are invited to attend this weekend’s inaugural meeting at 2pm at the function room in Paddy’s Eat and Drink. Formal meetings will be held bimonthly, with social events planned every other month.