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UKRAINIAN WOMAN OUR ENGLISH COLUMN The Congress of the International Council of Women The Congress of the Interna tional Council of W omen is doubtless an event of great signi ficance in the international wom en’s world. This year it was held at M ontreal, Quebec, Canada. The technical preparation of the con ference as well as business part of it were arranged perfectly. The credit for this is m'eri’ted by the Executive Committee of the International Council of Women, notably by Dr. Gniuer, the Sec retary. Great assistance was lent by the National Council of W o men of Canada, headed by Mrs. Eaton and Mrs. Turner Bone. Canada received the delegates with hearty hospitality, and its governm ent, as it was apparent, has been very much interested in the work O'f the National Council of W omen of Canada. The con ference was held under auspices of Hon. Massey, Governor Gen eral of Canada, and the Govern m ent as well as the Parliam ent of the country welcomed and re ceived officially the delegates, while the McGill U niversity pro vided halls for the congress and accommodations for the dele gates. The main theme of the confer ence was — to make the woman aw are of her great civic respon sibility. This principle dominated all deliberations. Besides, the (conference passed a resolution protesting against setting off o'f atomic bombs as of phenomenon detrim ental to hum anity. The work O'f the conference had been carried out in 14 com m ittees which embraced nearly all spheres of women’s life. The standing committees continue at w ork in the course of the three interm ediate years between the triennial conferences, hence every field is thoroughly prepared. One of the most im portant committees is the Committee on Law and Suffrage (Mrs. Eunice Carter, convener). Her topic un der stu d y : Nationality of chil dren, rights of married women, fiscal rights o>f women. The Committee 011 Peace and International Relations (Mrs. M arguerite Henrici, convener) strives to support and cooperate with United Nations. Very im portant is the Commit tee on Trade and Professions (Miss J. J. Th. ten Broecke H oekstra, convener) which is w orking for equal pay in practice. The M igration Committee (Mme. Elie Chevalley, convener) studies im portant questions, like preparation of women for emig ration, exchange of social w ork ers etc. The Committee for Child W el fare (Mine. Jean Barbizet, con vener) discusses child nutrition, the needs of the very young child, or how can a m other reconcile her professional life with the care she owes to her children. I 11 the action of the Interna tional Council of W omen, in the Executive Committee as well as in National Councils of Women, prove their w orth the professio nal women who hold prominent positions in their respective coun tries. They overcome all prob lems, theoretically as well as practically. This was evident from the reports of the conven ers of committees who presented the summaries perfectly encom passing the entireness of the m at ter. The heads of the delegations had three minutes each to report 011 the problems of their respec tive countries. These brief reports were exhaustive and com prehen sive (E.g. Finland, South Africa, Pakistan). The Ukrainian women, lika the women of ten countries behind the Iron Curtain, have lost their membership in the International Council of Women. Because this world organization is cooperat ing only with national organiza tions of free and independent countries where every organized group may freely express its opinion and exert its influence in a democratic way on the govern m ent or parliament in its coun try whenever a problem is at is sue that is of vital interest to the women. However, in the coun tries behind the Iron Curtain there are no free organizations, and thus the national councils of women within those nations were forced to cease their activities. The International Council of W o men had to- renounce with regret its cooperation with the women of those non-free lands. Still the Ukrainian women were very much interested in this international gathering and about 20 persons attended the sessions as guests. These were the members of the National Councils of W omen o>f United States and Canada. They all bene fited a great deal by the attend a nee as well as by intercomm uni cation with the delegates of div erse nations O'f the free world. Nevertheless, they regretted that the International Council of W omen avoided even mentioning the plight of the women behind the Iron Curtain. It is astound ing how an international organi zation, which is devoting so much consideration to the problems and rights of the womanhood all over the free world, would shun even noticing the existence of enslav ed women under bolshevik b ar barity. How can such an organi zation keep silent and forbear
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