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I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E O N H U M A N R IG H T S T E H E R A N , A P R IL -M A Y , 1 968 M rs. M a ry W a w r y k o w U K R A I N I A N W O M A N A P P O IN T E D F A M IL Y C O U R T J U D G E M rs. M ary W aw ryk ow is a w ell-k n ow n a tto rn ey in th e com m u n ity o f M anitoba, Canada. S h e is a n a tiv e o f Y orktow n, S ask ., w h ere sh e w a s born in to a fa m ily o f U k rain ian p ion eers. D u rin g th e D ep ressio n sh e h ad to w ork hard to g e t th ro u g h college. A ft e r g rad u ation fr o m t h e L aw School o f th e U n iv e r s ity o f M anitoba sh e opened a law o ffic e in W in n ip eg and b ecam e a c tiv e in w om en ’s org a n iza tio n s. M rs. W aw ryk ow h a s served a s v ic e p resid en t o f th e L ea g u e o f U k rain ian C atholic W om en o f Canada and p resid en t o f W om en L a w y er s o f Canada, M anitoba B ranch. R e cen tly sh e w a s ap poin ted a p a r t-tim e ju d g e in t h e J u v en ile and F a m ily C ourt o f W inn ip eg. M rs. W aw rykow , m o th e r o f th re e, con sid ers th e n ew p o st a ch allen ge and a n o v e lty “b ein g on th e o th er sid e o f th e bench all th e s e y e a r s .” A s a la w y er M rs. W aw ryk ow h a s fr e q u e n tly en cou n tered th e ty p e o f com p lain ts th a t com e u n der th e ju risd ic tio n o f th e J u v e n ile and F a m ily C ourts. B u t to ju d g e th em , s h e said, “is an ev en g r e a te r r e sp o n sib ility .” A le a d e r d u p lic a te s h im s e lf in o th e r s . H e i s a “ m a n ” b u ild er. H e h e lp s t h o s e u n d er h im t o g r o w b ig b e c a u se h e r e a liz e s t h a t t h e m o re b ig p eo p le a n o r g a n iz a tio n h a s , t h e s tr o n g e r i t w ill b e. B eg u m A n w ar A h m ed , P r e s i d en t o f th e In tern a tio n a l W om en ’s A llian ce rep resen ted th e A l liance a t th e C onference. S he su b m itted a su ccin ct rep ort th a t w a s p u b lished in th e In ter n a tio n al W om en’s N e w s, Ju n e 1968. T h e C on feren ce w a s a tten d ed b y 350 d ele g a te s fr o m 84 cou n tr ie s and 120 ob servers rep re s e n tin g 47 n on -govern m en tal or g a n iz a tio n s (N .G .O .’s ) H is Im perial M a je sty S h a rh in sh a h A r y a opened th e C onference. H .H . P r in c e ss A s h r a f o f Iran w a s u n an im ou sly elected P r e si d en t o f th e C onference. T h e ce n tra l is s u e o f th e con fe ren ce w a s th e q u estio n o f ap ar th eid . T h e re so lu tio n adopted u n fo r tu n a te ly did n o t p rovid e a n y solu tion to t h is problem . N e v e r th e le ss 5 o th er re so lu tio n s con d em n in g ap arth eid , racial d iscrim in a tio n and colon ialism , and d em an d in g th e ir elim in ation w ere b ro u g h t o u t and adopted. In th e area o f w o m en ’s r ig h ts d ele g a te s f e lt th a t w h ile e q u a lity o f th e s e x e s is no lo n g e r d isp u t ed, ou td ated a ttitu d e s and b e lie fs are h in d erin g w om en ’s p rogress. T h e C onference s tr e sse d th e need fo r w ork “in d ep th ,” a u n ifie d lo n g te r m plan (10 y e a r s) fo r th e a d van cem en t o f w om en. F am ily P lan n in g, R ig h ts o f th e Child, Y o u th and Illite r a c y w ere a lso d iscu ssed . U N IC E F w a s h ig h ly com m ended fo r i t s w ork, b u t i t w a s f e lt th a t th e U N dec la ra tio n : “m ankind ow es t o th e child t h e b e s t i t h a s t o g iv e ,” sh ould b e fu lly im p lem en ted b y S ta te m em b ers and in te g r a te d in th e ir social, econom ic and n a tio n a l plan s. T h e n eed fo r y o u th to b e ed u cated in t h e sp ir it o f th e H um an R ig h ts D eclaration w a s d iscu ssed . In te r e s tin g re so lu tio n s w ere adopted in t h e area o f h u m an r ig h ts in con n ection w ith te c h n ological d evelop m en t. T h e e m p h a sis w a s on t h e n eed to pro te c t m an, h is d ig n ity , and p r i v a cy , a s w ell as h is p h y sic a l and in tellectu a l in e g r ity in v ie w o f recen t d evelop m en ts t h a t h a v e occured in b iological, m edical and te ch n ica l scien ce s. T h e c o n fe r en ce f e l t th a t h e a lth y b alan ce b e. tw e e n s c ie n tific and te ch n o lo g i cal d evelop m en t and h u m a n ita r ian v a lu e s m u st b e m ain tain ed . H . S . P . L IT E R A R Y A L M A N A C W IL L B E P U B L I S H E D T h e L ite r a r y C om p etition o f W FU W O , fou n d ed b y M ary B eck , D e tr o it Councilw om an, in 1959, is n o w in i t s te n th y ea r. To m ark t h e a n n iv er sa ry a L it er a ry A lm an ac w ill b e p u b lish ed. I t w ill includ e t h e aw ard- w in n in g e n tr ie s fr o m th e p a st te n y e a r s ’ co m p etitio n s. T h e C om p etition is h eld a n n u a lly fo r p ro fe ssio n a l and am a te u r w om en w r iters. 2 0 th A N N IV E R S A R Y O F W F U W O In t h e fa ll o f 1968 t h e W orld F ed er a tio n o f U k rain ian W om en ’s O rgan ization s m arked i t s 2 0 th a n n iv er sa ry . A Special C om m ittee under t h e ch airm an sh ip o f M rs. M aria C h aryn a w a s form ed in P h ilad elp h ia, P a., to p rep are th e A n n iv e r sa r y S e ssio n w h ich is planned on M arch 22, 1969. U N W L A F O L K A R T M U S E U M T h e M u seu m C o m m ittee o f t h e F o lk A r t M u seu m in N e w Y ork C ity h a s u n d ergon e a r e org a n iza tio n o f i t s in tern a l str u c tu r e in order t o fa c ilita t e it s w ork. D u rin g a m e e tin g h eld on N ovem b er 4, 1968, t h e f o l lo w in g a p p o in tm en ts w e re m ad e: M rs. L e sia R izn y k and M rs. H a ly n a H o sh o w sk a — r e g istr a tio n o f a r t s u b j e c ts ; M rs. Iw an n a P e tr iw sk a and M rs. K a th e r in e P ele sh o ck — co n ser v a t io n ; M rs. M ary R zep eck y — v is ito r s and g u e s t s ; M rs. O ksa n a S hch u r — resea rch , and M rs. L ub a A b ram iu k — M u seu m li b rary. M rs. M aria R zep eck y, U N W L A B oard fo lk a r t ch air m an, is in c h a rg e o f t h e M us eum . 22 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — БЕРЕЗЕНЬ, 1969 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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