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OUR LIFE M o n th ly , p u b lis h e d by U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l W o m e n ’s L e a g u e o f A m e ric a Vol. M JUNE 1995 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO N E W S F R O M U N W L A H E A D Q U A R T E R S : May 20,1995 — Hartford, CT. CONGRATULATIONS to UNWLA Branch 106 on their 25th Anniversary. Iwanna Hankewycz represented the UNWLA Executive Board and presented Branch 106 with a Certificate of Ap preciation. May 21, 1995 — Buffalo, New York. An annual meet ing of UNWLA Region Council of Upstate New York was held in Buffalo. Marta Stasiuk was elected president and the administration was moved from Rochester to Buf falo. Anna Krawczuk, Olga Trytyak and Sophia Hewryk represented the UNWLA Executive Board. Long time former Regional Council President, Maria Kramarchuk was presented a Certificate of Appreciation by Anna Krawczuk. Ms. Kramarchuk has devotedly served over 21 years on the UNWLA National Board. At the Luncheon that was open to the public. Upstate NY Regional Council celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the UNWLA and the 40th Anniversary of their Regional Council. UNWLA President, Anna Krawczuk, was the keynote speaker. Citations which were read by Olga Trytyak and Sophia Hewryk were presented for both occasions. CONGRATULATIONS to UNWLA REGIONAL COUN CIL UPSTATE NEW YORK ROCHESTER, BUFFALO, SYRACUSE — on the 40th ANNIVERSARY! THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN UKRAINE by SARA J. ANCONA The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women will convene during September of this year. During the Conference UN member governments will be deliberating and ratifying the Draft Platform for Action. This document covers a broad range of issues impact ing women from around the world. Accompanying the Conference will be the NGO (non-governmental organi zation) Forum which will host hundreds of organiza tions and individuals who have concerns regarding women. Poverty, health, human rights, education, dis crimination, violence, environmental degradation and pollution, access to and participation in the economy and decision making are among the many issues that are on the agenda of both the Conference and NOO Forum. Boundaries of countries are transcended by these issues, thus affecting all women in one way or another. Ukraine is no exception, especially as it is presently going through a social, political and economic transformation. A “feminization of poverty has recently become a significant problem in the countries with economies in transition” (DPA, 14). The effects are already apparent and are disproportionately impacting women. General Information After a legacy of over seventy years of Soviet domi nation, Ukraine is striving towards a democratic society and a market economy. In the last five years the labor market in Ukraine has undergone a drastic transition. A restructuring of employment is taking place in an effort to establish a viable economy. Women, who make up more than half of the country’s population and approx imately “51.5% of workers and employees”, are the ones being severely hit by these changes (Buckley, 83). Women are mostly employed in the low-paid state sec tor, thus bearing much of the burden of a collapsing state economy. Within this transition of the labor market, newly established firms and enterprises are taking the place of the ineffecient state run sector. This "privatiza tion and enterprise restructuring should accelerate the shift from manual workers to technicians and manage rial employees” (Standing, 34). It is here that women are losing their jobs and they are not likely to be rehired by these private enterprises.” The standards of these new firms and enterprises pose new requirements to women in which they are not always prepared” (UCWS, 6). “As ’НАШЕ Ж ИТТЯ”, ЧЕРВЕНЬ 1995
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