The rich cultural mix of delegates at the 2002 World Forum on Early Care and Education was evident from the outset, as more than 500 early years practitioners attired in the ceremonial dress of dozens of different nations gathered for the opening ceremony in the theatre of the Sky City Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand.
The event, from 9 to 12 April, attracted representatives from as far afield as Nepal, Malaysia and El Salvador, the vast majority of them women. A handful came from the UK. One was Christine Parker, head of Caverstede Early Years Centre in Peterborough, who said, 'My initial impressions were of exciting cultural, religious and linguistic diversity. As delegates, we held common principles concerning the needs of young children.'
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