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OUR LIFE M o n th ly , p u b lis h e d b y U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l W o m e n ’s Le ag ue o f A m e rica MAY 1998 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and Iryna Kurowyckyj, Vice President of UNWLA at the International Women’s Day celebration at the White House. International Women’s Day Celebrated at The White House by IRYNA KUROWYCKYJ On Wednesday, March 11, 1998, President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton invited Kofi Annan (Secretary General of the United Nations), a number of diplomats and government officials, a member of the Thai parliament, and leaders of various women's organizations to a White House ceremony commemorating International Women's Day. Among those invited to the event were UNWLA President Anna Krawczuk (who was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts) and UNWLA Vice President Iryna Kurowyckyj. Maria Shcherbak, the wife of Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States, also attended. It was indeed an honor to be invited to this celebration. The ceremony was held in the East Room of the White House and was followed by a reception in the State Dining Room. Mrs. Clinton welcomed those attending: "Since the Beijing conference, even though it's been a relatively short period of time, there has been a rather significant measurable progress in furthering the agenda set forth in Beijing. Governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals have all demonstrated their commitment to the agenda. Everywhere I go I spend a considerable amount of time meeting with non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of govern ments, and with individual women to talk about the challenges and obstacles that a particular society faces and to share ideas about what we can do together to try to further this agenda. Some of you have written about issues of trafficking of women. We think there are at least a million women trafficked across borders every day. I would personally argue that it's probably more than that, but at least we can track about a million. And we know that a lot of the countries that are the source of this trafficking are in the former Soviet Union, countries that are facing economic difficulties and problems. This is an international problem that needs to be addressed internationally. Some of these women and girls are desperate for economic opportunity. They think they're applying for jobs as baby-sitters, waitresses and sales clerks. Many think ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 1998 17
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