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UKRAINIAN WOMAN OUR ENGLISH COLUMN Yesterday - Today — Tomorrow On A ugust 25 th e congress of International W om en’s Alliance comm enced in A thens. The slogan of the congress w as — Y esterday, Today, Tom orrow . It m eans ■— Y esterday the vote, T oday ten per cent wom en in Parliam ent, and how will it be T om orrow ? The Board prepared this topic very carefully. Tw o days w ere given to this them e under the able guidance of M aitre L eh m an n; this included an introductory talk o u t lining the present position of w o men in Parliam ent, short reports from societies giving a resum e of w hat they have done since the last congress in Colombo to encourage women to enter Parliam ent. Then the obstacles w ere considered, due to custom , to the economic situ ation of women, to- the position of men in this m atter and so on. The possible rem edies w ere also broadly discussed. T he m ain point was to find why, after w om en in m any countries have had the vote for decades, there are so few w o men in public life. W e have yet no reports about the discussions of th e congress. H ow ever from th e program we see th at the Congress will gather interesting data. U ndoubted the m aterial gathered will shed light on .conditions existing in different continents. This is absolutely nec essary if women: are to see their future course. H ow ever this abundant m ater ial will lack g reat extent. A great m ass of women behind the Iron C urtain have been for several de cades living an isolated life. W ith the outbreak of W orld W ar I the representatives of Russian w om en have ceased to be m em bers of the International W om en’s A lli ance, and the U krainian, Polish, H ungarian, R oum anian, B ulgar ian, Czech, and Baltic wom en w ith the close of the Second W orld W ar. Since th at tim e their problem s are no longer consider ed at the congresses of IW A and the whole great m assif of women which consists of some 150 m il lion persons, is overlooked. But th e women behind the Iron C urtain have endured a b itter lot. Leveled in rights, they bear upon their shoulders the entire burden of the social and economic up heaval in their country. T he fe rocious experim ent of the revolu tion has hit hard even in th eir m ost basic right — the right of a m other to bring up h er children. And this experim ent which has existed in R ussia proper for de cades is beginning to take affect in the satellite nations as well. The women behind the Iron C urtain are unable to belong to the International W om en’s A l liance. U nder the totalitarian re gime wom en have no organiza tions w ith th e pow er to freely elect its officers and program as the Alliance requires. For this reason they cannot be represent ed at the Congress. B ut the U krainian wom en of the free countries rem ind the world of th eir fate. The W orld Federation of U krainian W om en’s O rganizations has sent its representatives as a “fraternal” delegate to the Congress. M rs. N atalia H ladiy from Paris w as the only one who w as able to relate the m isfortunes of her sisters be hind th e Iron Curtain. And this for the future rem ains our solemn obligation. To speak in the nam e of those wiho are not able to do so freely for them selves to give true facts concerning their hardships, to explain their adver sities. This is our solemn obliga tion until the organized wom en of the free w orld understand their plight and are w illing to give it some deliberation. S T U D Y D A Y S O F k ‘ M O V E M E N T M O N D IA L D E M E R E S ” A t the Study Days of MMM held last June, in Paris, one ses sion was devoted to the problem s of the m other-em igrant. O rgani zations in the Free W orld, U k rainian, Lithuanian, H ungarian, Polish, Czechoslovakian, and Is rael represented at these Study Days gave short resum es about the difficulties of m other-em ig rant of their nationality, which w ere discussed during one session and gave m aterial for the resolu tions. MMM, recognizing the m oral and social position o.f m other-em i g rant and m other-refugee, ap peals in its resolutions to the Go vernm ents and peoples of the countries in which m other-em ig rant now resides, to be m ore un derstanding and sym pathetic to her problems. By further study of the diffi culties of m other-em igrant and m ot her-refuge, M M M hopes to find w ays and m eans to ease her arduous life. Y o u w ill o b ta in b e s t in fo rm a tio n in th e b o o k W O M A N O F U K R A IN E P r ic e $1.00 O rder fr o m U k rain ia n N a tio n a l W o m e n ’s L e a g u e 909 N . F ranklin S t. P h ilad elp h ia 23, P a . O U R LIFE E d ited by E d itorial Board Published by th e U krainian N a tion a l W o m e n ’s L ea g u e o f A m erica. Inc. 909 N. F ranklin St. P h ilad elp h ia 23, Pa. P h on e M A 7-7945
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