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differences between countries. The questions of goals and strategies were raised: Should women use old structures or create new ones? Should women partic ipate in parliamentary elections, in civic institutions, or work in grass-roots organizationss outside exist ing institutions? Tensions also were felt between older and younger women, as well as between those with experience in the now discredited institutions and those newly involved in public life. The Network is faced with a Herculean task to address these issues. Several projects are being planned such as information exchanges which in cludes a newsletter, a computer network and an international telephone tree; actions in support of women’s reproductive rights; and cooperative efforts in establishing women’s studies programs and cultu ral exchanges. The conference concluded that “through these projects and meetings we hope to contribute to the development of an Eastern and Central European grass-roots women’s movement.” (based on report of Sonia Jaffe Robbins, Assistant Professor, New York University). MAMA — 86 A PROJECT FOR BRANCH 4 The December 29, 1991 issue of the New Jersey newspaper The Star-Ledger carried a feature article by Julie Beglin about UNWLA’s Branch 4 which is helping Ukraine in a very special way. The members of the Branch have sent 45 cases of nonperishable foods, multi-vitamins and over-the-counter medicines to Ukraine to battle the lingering effects of the Chor- nobil nuclear disaster. The emphasis here is on the children, children who are ill and particularly child ren who are still healthy. The writer of the article interviewed Kristina Pav- lak, president of Branch 4. ’’All the children in the area are at risk,” she said. “They say that some of the radiation is going to be around for thousands of years, and that’s pretty frightening.” This project works with the cooperation of MAMA — 86 which is a group of mothers who are fighting the effects of radiation in the Kiev area. They distribute the dona tions to schools, hospitals, orphanages and to vil lages in Ukraine, with the hope that the vitamins and other nutrients will help build up the children’s immune systems. "We’re striving to help the children who are still well to stay that way, to thrive, to grow, to go to school and to become productive citizens of a brand new democracy,” said Ms. Pavkal. Branch 4 is presently collecting donations for another shipment which will include powdered milk, rice, dried fruit and oatmeal. They are also looking for sponsorship by a major corporation or phama- ceutical company. MAKING NEWS.... In its January 1992 issue, under the heading, Coun try Cooking: Our Culinary Roots, the popular magazine COUNTRY LIVING featured a Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper. Entitled “A Ukrainian Celebration” the modest arti cle was accompanied by four full pages of beautiful color photographs of traditional Ukrainian dishes served during Sviata Vecherya or Holy Supper on the Eve before Christmas Day. This project was the collaborative effort of Theo Hewko who works on the staff of the magazine as Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief and her mother-in-law Stephania Humeniuk, member of UNWLA’s branch #1 in New York City, who prepared the sumptuous and mar velous dishes that so uniquely identify Ukrainian Christ mas traditions and customs. Pictured is borshch with vushka (beet soup with mushroom filled dumplings), jel lied carp, varenyky (sauerkraut-filled dumplings), stuffed cabbage with mushroom gravy, mlyntsi (cabbage filled blintzes), medivnyk (honey cake), makivnyk (poppy seed roll), uzhvar (dried fruit compote), pampushky (jelly doughnuts) and kutia (whole wheat with honey, nut and poppy seeds). The magazine, in preparing this feature, also con tacted The Ukrainian Museum for information about Christmas traditions. Cont. from p. 20. keeps its women from participating fully and creatively in making this peripheral area of Europe a land of opportunity rather than one of strife and stagnation. 39. While some men try to help out in the apartment, most expect food on the table, clothes washed and ironed, and the children taken care of. While washing machines are more common in the cities now, dryers are not, and dishwashers unheard of. In the Soviet Union only a few supermarkets exist in the major cities and shopping is a major and frustrating chore. 40. The tradition of married Catholic clergy in Ukraine created a social ideal not unlike that of a Victorian parsonage which the Western Ukrainians tend to idealize. There is a new Catholic Ukrainian women’s organization, which took the name of a nineteenth century one-- The Myrrh-bringers -- the women who visited Christ’s tomb only to be the first mortals to see the Risen Lord. It is spearheaded by a former political prisoner dis sident poet who champions the cause of peace, social activism, and liberation. It is not clear which way such a movement will go. Romanian women in Ukraine organized a women's organi zation with the help of the Romanian government. 41. See, for instance, a recent analysis of the current situa tion by Gary Kasparov, “The Lingering -- and Fatal -- Gorba chev Illusion, Wall Street Journal January 30, 1991, p. A10. “It is crucial to understand that after 74 years of dictatorship, many people in the Soviet Union have little conception of this thing called ‘democracy.’” Many women I talked to would also agree with Kasparov’s contention that "Force is still prima ratio in resolving political disputes, and state-organized robbery is still the engine of an economic policy." 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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