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PRESENTATION OF AWARDS IN THE PETRO AND LESIA KOWALIW FOUNDATION COMPETITION Since 1965 UNWLA has sponsored a competition of literary and historical works. It is underwritten by the Petro and Lesia Kowaliw Foundation and managed by the organization. This year the awards ceremony was held during UNWLA’s National Board meeting in November, 1991. The winners were: first prize in the sum of $2,000 was awarded to Dr. Myron Kuropas for his book “Ukrain ian Americans; Roots and Aspirations. 1884-1954.” Se cond prize of $1,500 went to Dr. Nadia Diuk and Adrian Karatnytsky for thier co-authored work “The Hidden Nations: The People Challenge the Soviet Union.” Members of the jury were: Dr. Leonid Rudnycky, Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak and Dr. Zenon Kohut. ABOUT WOMEN NETWORK OF EAST-WEST WOMEN CONFERENCE On part with the recent tremendous changes occurring in Eastern Europe, the women in that part of the world have attempted to reach out to each other and take stock of their position with respect to the undulating situation. In June, 1991 the Network of East-West Women (NEWW) met in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia to discuss how those changes effect women. The Network drew more than 70 women from Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Republics, the former German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Po land, Romania and Yugoslavia. Women from Canada, Great Britain and the United States joined this con ference. The conference participants stated that “We con sider this meeting the first step in establishing long- lasting communication and cooperation among fem inist activities in these countries. We are determined that women take an active role in shaping the new profile of Eastern and Central Europe.” The pressing questions of the conference were: What is happening to women in the Central and Eastern European countries? What networks for wo men are in existence and what new ones are needed? What should the priorities of independent women’s movements be? What are the issues of reproductive rights in each country and how should the women’s groups cope with the threats to these rights? The Network women — activists, writers, aca demics — focused on the central concern of the con ference, that ”in the new democracies, women’s posi tion should not get worse.” This sentiment was aptly expressed by Yugoslavian journalist Slavenka Dra- kulic. Hence, to comprehend the broad range of diversified situations in terms of common interests, the conference offered the participants eight work shops and three general sessions. Fields of concern included reports on the status of women in each represented country in the areas of reproductive rights; women and the family, work, health and sexu ality; women in government, social policy making and law; women and the media; women and the rise of the new nationalism; and the creation of women’s studies. Historian Rossica Panova said that the economic situation in Romania and Bulgaria is so bad that it seems to overshadow other problems. However, she said that the freedom to write and speak almost makes up for not having enough to eat. The abortion issues ranges on various levels of controversy in many countris, sparking the creation of women’s movement of organizations. The conference also found some starting statis tics. In the newly elected parliaments of Eastern and Central Europe, the participation of women has declined sharply. For example: in Poland, from 35 percent to 3.5 percent, in Czechoslovakia, from 29.5 percent to 6 percent; in Bulgaria, from 21 percent to 8.6 percent; in Hungary, from 20.9 percent to 7 per cent. Not participating or not being allowed to partic ipate in the legislative process harms women. They loose in the workplace where they are the first to be fired and for those who still work are faced with the disappearance of child care formerly provided by the government and now an additional expense. The workshop on politics was the most popular during the conference. However, it is very interesting to note that the dialogue in the workshop was diffi cult and problematic, mainly due to the diversities within several countries’ delegation rather than the
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