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UNWLA PARTICIPATES IN “VITAL VOICES, WOMEN IN DEMOCRACY” CONFERENCE IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA by IRYNA KUROWYCKYJ In a receiving line at the Reception hosted by the Austrian Government at the Federal Chancellory Representation Hall. From left: Iryna Kurowyckyj — Vice President of UNWLA, U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to Austria Swanee Hunt. “There is no occupation concerned with the man agement of social affairs which belongs either to women or men as such... and every occupation is open to both.” — Plato, Republic, c. 390 B.C. The "Vital Voices, Women in Democracy" Conference was held in Vienna, Austria from July 9 to July 11, 1997, bringing together three hundred women leaders from government and private sector of central and eastern Europe, the United States and the European Union to explore ways to strengthen the role of women in developing open, democratic societies. The objectives of the conference were manifold: to define the common challenges faced by women in the emerging democracies and explore concrete policy initiatives to meet those challenges, to energize and equip women leaders to assert their influence in their home countries, to establish a wider east-west network of women leaders in support of democracy-building efforts in central and eastern Europe, and to increase public understanding about the economic, political and social contributions women make in a democratic society. The conference put into action many of the ideas that had first been discussed at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Maria Rauck-Kaliat, the General Secretary to the Austrian People's Party, welcomed conference participants to Vienna and expressed her belief that those attending would have a productive and enriching experience. U.S. Ambassador to Austria, Swanee Hunt, was chair of the Vital Voices Steering Committee. In her opening remarks, Ambassador Hunt underlined the unique opportunity that the participants would have in building networks and exploring new ways to strengthen democratic societies. She then introduced Melanne Starinshak Verveer, Assistant to the U.S. President and Chief of Staff to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who spoke about the important issues that would be raised and discussed at the conference. A third generation American Ukrainian, Melanne Verveer is a member at large of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America 14 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 1997 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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