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• Violence against women ranked as high as cancer for killing and incapacitating women of child bearing age. • At least 20% of women have been physically on sexually assaulted. • Two million girls aged 5-15 are trafficked, sold or coerced into the commercial sex market each year. The list is long, but thanks to the NGOs, awareness about these issues and the need to empower women and erase gender disparities through out the world have been raised. The NGOs have also proposed another World Conference on Women in year 2005 or 2008, because this is one way to keep governments moving forward on women’s issues. Reflections On Our Formative Year — Branch 115 By Dr. Nadia Shalauta Juzych, President Member o f Branch 115 - Detroit Region. (From left to right): Row 1: Lesia Lawrin, Lesia Bolde, Annie Buhay, Lisa Calice, Lily Litynskyj. Row 2: Elizabeth Kuczer, Genevieve Murskyj, Nadia Juzych, Katya Beswerchij, Diane Zurkiwskyj. Row 3: Vera Rozmarynowycz, Natalie Lewyckyj, Nadia Figacz, Christine Lewak-Shinakov, Vera Fedorak, Natalia Stewart, Marika Kohut Lee, Collen Fitzsimmons, Gloria Pryjma, Katrina Chestuch, Natalka Maruszczak. Not pictured Sonya Hoerman, Maria Holian, Marta Pryjma Jacks, Christine Kachan Diachenko, Barbara Lawrin, Tara Litynskyj, Vera Petrusha, Alexandra Serdiuk, Nadia Stasiw, Olya Terlecky, Rosemary Zurawskyj. In January 2000, I was called by Mrs. Lydia Kolodchin, former President of the Detroit Regional Council of the UNWLA. Mrs. Kolodchin asked if I'd be interested in joining a new UNWLA branch that was forming in Detroit. Having recently moved from Baltimore, where I was a member of Branch 80, I knew it would be a good opportunity to meet other Ukrainian women and make a contribution to the community. Little did I expect the year to be so fulfilling. During our first meeting in late February, I was impressed by the nearly 20 women — mothers and young professionals — who were eager to contribute their precious time to better our Ukrainian community. Unexpectedly, I was elected to lead Branch 115 in its formative year, and felt confident that I would receive support from the other board members. We agreed that our goal would be to sponsor three activities for the year, focusing on educational and cultural projects related to children. After attending the 75 th anniversary celebration of the Detroit Regional Council in March, our group was inspired. Plans for our first project began immediately — a pysanka workshop for children. We sought the expertise of Mr. Roman Seniuk, a talented Detroit artist, who agreed to conduct the workshop. He requested that we have a minimum of eight children. Looking around the room, we counted six children from among the members present and we worried a bit that we would disappoint our 12 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2001 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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