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With the Delegate of Pakistan The United Nations Commis sion on the Status of Women re cently held its 11th session in New York City. It was truly in spiring- to me as a woman to see and hear women of varied back grounds sitting- together to dis cuss the many problems concern ing* the women the world over. One of the actively participating members of this Commission is Begum A nwar Ahmed, of Pakis tan, whom I had the pleasure of interview ing shortly after the session. On my way to the interview I was anticipating a meeting- in an oriental setting — lush carpets, exotic furnishings, etc. — so I must confess to being- somewhat disappointed at being ushered in to an extrem ely modern but very lovely apartm ent, simply fur nished and decorated in the light est pastels. The sole oriental touch was Begum Ahmed herself in her beautiful sari of gold and pom egranate against a lovely warm-hued skin and black hair. As a m other of a 16 year old son and 13 year old daughter. Be gum Ahmed is vitally interested in the youth and the mother. She felt that this year’s session of the even to express its compassion with the women who had already been its members, but now have lost the membership because of political enslavem ent ? In our opinion, the Internation- al Council of W omen ought to form a standing- com m ittee with the object of studying the prob lems and the conditions of life of the women of nan-free nations. Some day when this curtain tum bles down, the International Council of W omen will find itself in a pitiful position and will not be able to establish an amicable contact with them. The more so as the bolshevik propaganda is gradually affecting the backward countries of the free world and is finding the ways to the wom anhood of these lands. W ithout studying- and exploring those channels, no action would be pos sible or fruitful. Irene Pavlikovska Commission had at its closing focused attention and thinking of the problems of the working mother, and that this would be one of the most im portant topics for discussion at next year’s ses sion in Geneva. “W e of the East have always thought,” she said, “that the panacea of the world was 2 meals a day, adequate housing and education for all. W hen we come here to the W est, where all this and more is avail able, we are shocked beyond words at am ount of delinquency that exists among the youth.” Begum Ahmed spoke of the ap parent price, physically, em otion ally and mentally, that a woman pays when she becomes a w ork ing mother, particularly of the working m other, in the family and society has radically chang ed — there is disagreem ent, how ever, as to the good or ill effects of this change. Pakistan can still be considered a newly indepen dent nation and Begum Ahmed indicated that as such they were trying to adjust the economy of the country so- that mothers would not be forced to go to work and leave their homes. W hether or not this would be successful, was, of course, diffi cult to predict, since any coun try ’s economy is dependent on so many factors beyond its immedi ate control. Begum Ahmed told me that al though the illiteracy rate is still very high in Pakistan, the gov ernm ent is trying to remedy the situation. Free, compulsory edu cation is one of the provisions of the Pakistan constitution. The present school system in the cit ies is on 3 levels — co-educational prim ary to ~2 years of age, sec ondary schools with sexes sepa rated, and the coeducational col leges. Begum Ahmed differed with most American educational thinking on coeducational schools throughout the system —■ she called the secondary school group “of dangerous age” with which everybody agrees — but w hether keeping the sexes separate at this school level is advantageous, is a debatable point. At present, Be gum Ahmed said, the status of the villager is being improved and raised through agricultural and other improvements rather than compuljsory education, al though there are prim ary schools in most villages. The village wo men work along- with the men in home industries and farming. In the cities there is still only a very small number of women teachers, doctors, nurses, telephone oper ators, secretaries, etc., with a gradual dribbling- of women into factory work. The leading women's organiza tion is the All Pakistan W omen’s Organization w ith 50 branches — a m ultipurpose organization doing social welfare w ork and vitally engaged in the movement for women’s rights. Pakistan also has business and professional wo men’s clubs, a University W om en’s Federation and a very active Girl Guide M ovement — the Pa kistan Girl Scouts. Begum Ah med spoke of the still active poli tical interest among the women of Pakistan — still active because of ’the struggle for independence in which women took e q u a l part with men. This political interest is being encouraged and nurtured among the young- women of P a kistan through various organiza tions and youth movements and through the 30 seats in the Paki stan Parliam ent, given to women by the governm ent for the next 10 years. Our interview er ended socially with a cup of tea and a chat about our respective teenagers. Alexandra L. Riznyk THE WORL UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS On Septem ber 29 will start at Rome, Italy, the Congress of the W orld Union of Catholic W om en’s Organizations. The them e of the Congress will be “The Mis sion of Catholic W omen in the Modern W orld.” It will have three .main points of interest: “Catholic W omen at W ork Throughout the W orld” — a sur vey of Catholic women’s activi ties. “The Development of Christian Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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