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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America VOL. XVI MAY — JUNE 1984 Editor: Marta Baczynsky UNWLA’s XX CONVENTION: A MILESTONE IN CONTINUING PROGRESS The Twentieth Convention of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America is being held on the eve of our organization’s 60th year of existence and in the cen tennial year of the Ukrainian women’s movement. These anniversaries should give us pause to reflect on the his tory of the women’s movement, in which the UNWLA was intimately involved, and to become more knowl edgeable about its ideology and its role in Ukrainian society. Unlike women’s movements in other countries, the Ukrainian one never had equal rights as its sole objec tive. It embraced goals such as raising national con sciousness, improving the educational levels and eco nomic conditions in both rural and urban areas, and participating in the struggle for freedom in Ukraine. Af ter World War I, women’s organizations were banned in the USSR and the Ukrainian women’s movement could de velop and grow only in Western Ukraine and in other European countries with Ukrainian immigrant communi ties. World War II and the changes that took place in Europe’s political boundaries sealed the fate of women’s organizations in Ukraine and the surrounding Eastern European countries which became part of the USSR or satellites within its orbit. Because of this, the centennial of the Ukrainian women’s movement, born in the “old country”, can be commemorated only in the free world. Direction of Ukrainian w om en’s movement is influenced by the course of history. The course of history in the past 100 years has not only decided the fate of the Ukrainian nation, but has also influenced the direction of the Ukrainian women’s movement. Today the very existence of the Ukrainian nation is being threatened by severe pressures of russi fication in Ukraine proper, while Ukrainians abroad are slowly being assimilated into their host cultures. The only logical conclusion to be drawn from the existence of these circumstances is that the priorities of Ukrainian women today should be, on the one hand, to preserve the Ukrainian family, language and culture at home, and on the other, to disseminate information about the plight of Ukraine and gain supporters of its struggle for libera tion. In the early stages of organizing themselves, Ukrain ian women were guided from the very beginning by the principles of solidarity, political non-aligment and reji- gious tolerance, which were adopted as well by the founders of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. In this, the centennial year of the women’s movement, to which Ukrainian women gave so much effort and for which they endured so many sacrifices, we should renew and reinforce our commitment to these ideas. The Ukrainian immigrant community is currently involved in divisive political bickering, with the result that matters of critical importance to the community now and for the future are being ignored. Members of the UNWLA, by working for the common good, must seek solutions to the really urgent questions through constructive activities. U N W L A ’S pilot conference defines issues and initiates dialogue between women. We will never achieve these objectives unless we mobilize our energies, try to bridge the generation gap and find some common denominator for uniting women of all social backgrounds in the pursuit of these goals. One attempt to define the issues and initiate a dialogue with women who do not belong to community organiza tions was the conference "UKRAINIAN WOMAN IN TWO WORLDS" held in October 1982. Since it took place a year and a half ago we can now look at it with some perspective, which is necessary for evaluating the effectiveness of the conference. Press reaction immediately following the conference, though limited, stressed the positive results which the UNWLA, its sponsor, hoped to elicit. The conference program consisted of informal panels, free discussions and the introduction of issues and problems which had previous ly been considered taboo subjects or irrelevant to the Ukrainian community. The number of women, about 600 in all, who traveled at their own expense to Soyuzivka, where the conference was held, attests to the unprece dented success of this event. Questionnaires, which were completed by participants on the spot while every thing was still fresh in their minds, reflected their impres sions as well criticisms and suggestions. Although indi vidual opinions are obviously important, it is interesting, 26 ’НАШЕ Ж ИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ-ЧЕРВЕНЬ 1984 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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