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m en t n eed s m o st certa in ly does n ot appeal to large m a sses of w om en. A s y e t w e h a v e n ot heard o f a “n a tio n a l” coord in atin g body. T here d oesn ’t seem to be a N a tion al Council o f W om en o f th e U k rain ian S o v ie t S o cia list '.Re public, fo r exam ple. T here is, h ow ever, a S o v iet W om en ’s C om m ittee. I ts P re sid en t V alen tin e V. N ik olayeva-T eresh k ova (th e cosm on au t) w as a G overn m e n t appointed d eleg a te a t th e recen t U .N . Sem in ar on th e P a r ticip a tio n o f W om en in th e .Eco n om ic L ife o f th eir cou n tries, held in M oscow in S eptem ber, 1970. Comrade N in a P op ova is o ften seen ou tsid e o f th e S o v ie t U nion a tten d in g in tern ation al con feren ces o f le ft w in g w om en ’s organ ization s su ch as th e W om en’s In tern ation al D em o cratic F ed eration . S he and her d elegation are know n as “R u s sian d e le g a te s.” N on e o f th e s o v ie t groups h as secured a con su lta tiv e s ta tu s w ith th e '(JN- ECOSOC. H ow ever, th e W om en ’s In tern ation al D em ocratic F ed eration h a s co n su lta tiv e s t a tu s in Cat. I, as w ell as I n te r n ation al F ed eration o f W om en in L egal Careers in Cat. II. B oth organ ization s are esta b lish e d ou tsid e o f th e S o v ie t U n ion and are know n to be h ea v ily in flu enced b y th e C om m unist P a rty . In conclusion, w e m a y su rm ise th a t th er e h a s been v e r y little ch a n g e in th e sta tu s o f w om en ’s organ ization s in th e S o v ie t U n i on sin ce 1918. T here are som e s lig h t ex tern a l ch a n g es in th e str u c tu r es to fa c ilita te com m u n ication w ith th e W estern W orld. W e should n o t be m isled b y th e s e e ffo r ts — th e y seem to lack sin c erity , th e r e is m u ch con fu sion and th e y are incon- g ru en t w ith th e d em ocratic prin ciples g o v er n in g w estern w o m en ’s organ ization s. It looks as i f th e s e e ffo r ts w ere m ade n ot out o f good w ill and sp ir it o f in te r n ation al cooperation. T h ey are b ein g m ade to w in over W estern wom en, to spread com m u n ist ideas and to d estro y th e dem o cratic sy s te m . A fte r all, th is h a s a lw a y s been th e aim o f th e C om m u n ist P a rty . T here is no rea- WFUWO CONFERENCE IN EUROPE F rom tim e to tim e th e World F ed eration o f U k rain ian W om en ’s O rgan ization s arran ges con fe ren ce s o f U k rain ian w om en ’s clu bs on d iffe r e n t con tin en ts. T he m ain purpose o f th e s e g a th erin gs is to u n ite U k rain ian w om en from all over th e world fo r an ex c h a n g e o f ideas and opinions and th e u n d ertak in g and p erform an ce o f com m on p rojects. T he la s t con feren ce o f th is kind w as held on N ovem b er 29, 1970, in M unich and w a s a tte n d ed b y re p r esen ta tiv e s o f U k rain ian W om en ’s O rganization o f E ngland, th e U k rain ian W om en ’s U nion o f F ran ce and th e U k rain ian W om en ’s A sso cia tio n o f B elgiu m . T he con feren ce m arked th e 20 th an n iv ersa ry of th e fo u n d in g o f th e U k rain ian W om en’s A sso cia tio n o f Ger m any. Mrs. Irena P aw lyk ow sk a, fin a n cia l secreta ry , rep resen ted W FUW O a t th e conference. T he con feren ce p rogram m a r k in g th e ju b ilee sessio n o f th e U k rain ian W om en ’s A sso cia tio n o f G erm any fe a tu red a s sp ea k ers Mrs. D aria R ebet w h o spoke on “Queen Olha — patron of W FU W O ,” Mrs. A lexan d ra S uly- m a ( “On th e m agazin e The S o v ie t W om an ” ) and Mrs. I. P a w lyk ow sk a ( “C ontem porary m ean in g o f th e w om en ’s m ove m e n t” ) . A d iscu ssion follow ed and reso lu tio n s w ere adopted. In addition to th e public s e s sion th e re p r esen ta tiv e s o f th e U k rain ian w om en ’s o rg a n iza tio n s m e t in a closed m e e tin g in th e course o f w h ich a w ork plan w as w orked ou t fo r th e fu tu re . A U krainian w om en ’s organ iza tio n s h a v e sim ilar w ork p ro g ram s, b u t th er e are som e d if fe ren ce s based on geograp h ical location. F or th is reason m e et in g s and con fren eces are im por ta n t. T h ey fa c ilita te an ex ch a n g e o f ideas and help to en su re sm ooth er-ru n n in g w ork plans. son w h y it should ch an ge now, esp ecially in th e “fe m in in e ” se c tor. A nd — as fa r as w e are con cerned — th er e is no “m y stiq u e ” about th a t. H. S. Prociuk. U K RA INIAN CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE OF CANADA T he U k rain ian C atholic W om en ’s L eagu e o f Canada, founded in 1944, held it s 10th C ongress from June 30 to Ju ly 4, 1971 in Toronto, O ntario. T h is la rg e U k rain ian w om en ’s organ ization h a s bran ch es in fiv e Canadian ep archies and num bers 7,000 m em bers. T he con feren ce p rogram in cluded tw o panel d iscu ssio n s on ideological and organ ization al top ics. T here w ere a num ber o f social g a th e r in g s and a banquet h osted b y th e c ity o f Toronto, d urin g w h ich th e d istin g u ish e d sen ior m em b ers o f th e UCWLC w ere honored. A h ig h lig h t o f th e C ongress w a s an ex h ib itio n o f U k rain ian fo lk a rt and c h il dren’s litera tu re. Dr. S te fa n ia P otocka o f York- tow n , Sask., w as elected p resi dent o f th e L eague. S he is a noted civic leader in Canada, a form er o ffic e r o f th e W om en P h y sic ia n s O rganization, and a m em ber o f th e C ity Council o f Y or’ktow n. Dr. P o to c ka served fo r m an y y ea r s in variou s o ffic ia l cap acities in th e L eagu e and in reco g n itio n fo r her w ork in th e C h ristian la y m ovem en t received one o f th e h ig h e s t reco g n itio n s b estow ed b y th e H oly F ath er. UNW LA CONVENTION WAS HELD IN USA T he 16th C onvention o f th e U k rain ian N a tio n a l W om en’s L eagu e o f A m erica w a s held on M ay 21-23, 1971 in K erhonkson, N . Y. T a k in g p art in th e pro ceed in gs w ere 120 d eleg a te s from b ran ch es across th e coun tr y and som e 300 g u e s ts . The C onvention w a s dedicated to th e m em ory o f th e U k rain ian p o et e ss L e sy a U k rain k a w h o se ce n te n a r y is b ein g observed th is year. In addition to b u sin ess s e s sion s and th e banquet-ball, th ere w ere th re e panel d iscu ssio n s d ealin g w ith th e m ajor a c t iv i tie s o f th e organ ization . Two good talkers . . . not worth one good listener. г г НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПЕНЬ - В ЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1971 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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