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WFUWO NEWS W O R L D F E D E R A T I O N O F U K R A I N I A N W O M E N ’ S O R G A N I Z A T I O N S M rs. Helen S. Prociuk, E d ito r M rs. K ay L ucyshyn, C o-Editor Women in the Better World M ore th a n 30 years have gone by since th e m ajo rity of im m i g ra n t women left th e ir hom e land. W ith th em th ey took th e ir m eager m aterial possessions and a w ealth of national culture and trad itio n s, custom s, and beliefs, w hich th ey subsequently tried out in various lands of th e ir se t tlem en t and according to w hich th ey have been try in g to live. T hese trad itio n s cherished and cultivated have been passed on and instilled in th e younger gen erations. One of th e stro n g est feelings wom en b ro u g h t w ith th em w as th e appreciation fo r th e com m u nity work, u nd erstandings and com passion fo r th e needs of th e ir fellow countrym en. In an e ffo rt to fulfill th ese needs w om en w orked on to build and m ain tain a m achinery th ro u g h which th is work'Could be accom plished —- wom en’s organizations. C reating and m aintaining wom en’s organizations in a fo r eign land was by no m eans an easy task . W hile, basically e th nic com m unities did not openly oppose th e ir existence, questions w ere repeatedly raised as to th e wisdom of creatin g a sep arate body of wom en and it w as felt th a t wom en and m en should j oin th e ir forces and w ork to g eth er in com m unity organizations. This feeling prevailed prim arily in sm all com m unities who feared loss of extrem ely active elem ent, frag m en tatio n or duplication of w ork. In some areas w here th e com m unity organizers w ere suc cessful in p rev en ting estab lish ing w om en's organizations, wom en indeed joined com m unity organizations. However, only a few of th em rem ained active and productive. A m ajo rity con ten t ed them selves w ith lesser task s, leaving responsibilities and lead ership to m en. A no ther fa cto r w hich should not be overlooked w as ap ath y of som e m en, lack of in te re st and lack of u nd er stand in g fo r fa r reachin g goals. All th is eventually resu lted in w ithdraw al of m ajo rity of wom en from w ork in com m unities w here th e re w ere no w om en’s organizations. W om en’s organizations in countries of settlem ent w ere hardly able to help ethnic w om en’s organizations. L anguage b a rrie r and th en a feeling on th e p a rt of indigenous w om en’s or ganizations th a t im m ig ran t wom en should join T H E IR or ganizations, w as prev enting close cooperation and exchange of ideas. However, in spite of all th e obstacles, (or perhap s because of them ) a num ber of ethnic o r ganizations no t only survived b u t grew up into n ational and even in tern atio nal organiza tions. T his w as because of able leadership, relev an t goals, and in tere stin g program s th a t re sponded to w om en’s needs a t th a t tim e. The goals w ere ap pealing : cu ltiv ating national trad itio n s, culture, education of children and youth, helping churches. W om en’s organiza tions devoted them selves to com m un ity w ork filling out gaps and tak in g up task s no one w an t ed to tak e. E th n ic w om en’s or ganizations did not specialize, th ey a ttra c te d and recruited wom en from all w alks of life w ho fe lt a t hom e w ith in th e ir organizations, protected from th e outside world so new and d ifferen t from th e one th ey w ere fam iliar w ith, so difficult to u n d erstan d and, th erefo re th rea ten in g and frig h ten in g . However, as th e tim e w ent by, th e new world began to pene tra te ethnic com m unities and th e ir organizations. W om en as a group w ere invited to p artic i pate in a v ariety of exhibitions, folk a r t and cooking contests, talen t shows, folk dances, cos tum e displays. A lthough coopera tion w as quite friendly, contacts often w ere lim ited to th ese occa sions and cooperation and in te r est on b oth sides ceased a fte r th e event. On th e o th er hand women, a fte r a period of tim e tired of such som ew hat su p erfi cial p articip atio n w ere looking fo r m ore m eaningful c o n ta c ts; fu rth e r step in involvem ent of ethnic w om en’s organizations in overall w om en's m ovem ent w as th e ir accession to th e local N a tional Councils of W om en in countries w here th ese Councils w ere am enable to such an idea, p rim arily in Canada, A u stralia and th e U.S.A. In E uropean countries attitu d e s tow ard e th nic w om en’s organizations w ere d ifferen t due to trad itio n al and conservative approach of E u ro pean wom en of both indigeneous and ethnic groups. It took quite som e tim e before w om en’s organizations reached in tern atio n al forum . In m ost cases th is w as achieved th ro u g h m em bership in national organi zations of countries of th e ir se t tlem ent. However, independent sta tu s still escapes them , as in tern atio n al organizations are m ore concerned w ith national stan d in g of w om en’s organiza tions th a n w ith th e goals an or- organization pursues and w ork it does in th e com m unity seg m ent it represents. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ВЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1968 17
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