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We ask that you forward all similar materials to UNWLA headquarters. Please send originals. Copies of all documents sent to headquarters should be retained in individual Branch archives. Some of our archival materials have already been forwarded to the Immigration History Center in Minnesota. We are in the process of collecting additional material of this nature with the intent of creating a permanent display to be exhibited in the Ukrainian Museum in New York. UNWLA archives are a valuable and irreplaceable record of our organization's history. They must be preserved. The Ukrainian Museum can serve as a central repository for such materials and can function as a learning institution for historians and scholars and even the general public. You might also consider asking famine survivors and those who participated in political activities related to the U.S. Congressional Commission on the Ukrainian Famine to contribute letters and other existing documentation about their experiences and forward them to the UNWLA. I hope that these suggestions inspire you and that we never forget that fighting for a worthy cause is a noble tradition in our organization. Let us all work to keep this tradition alive. In closing, I wish all of our readers a safe and happy summer season. Women’s Environmental Health and an Overview for a New Vision by Martha Jarosewich-Holder UNWLA Ecology Chair Foundations for new approach In an effort to better understand the mandate of the Ecology Committee and to explore the possibilities for community involvement within the context of ecology (i.e., the relationship of humans to their environment), it was only natural that the UNWLA Ecology Committee target women and their environment, and more specifically, women's environmental health issues. Not only does this subject have relevance to our immediate lives, it is compatible with the activities of other international women's organizations and it conforms with the UNWLA convention of providing a civic and social service to women of Ukrainian origin. Women and environmental health Women's environmental health embraces a range of issues. Environmental health concerns begin in our back yards, in our neighborhoods, and at our local grocers. We have become more aware that exposure to dangerous substances; toxic chemicals, hormone disrupters, pesticides, radiation, heavy metals, electromagnetic fields, pharmaceuticals, fuels, plastics and other contaminants have resulted in wide- ranging and profound effects on women's health. Such substances compromise fertility and lead to epidemics of breast cancer, respiratory diseases, and immune system disorders. Women share many of the same diseases as men and children—diseases in which the environment and genetic susceptibility have an important role. But women are also affected by particular, gender-related environmental diseases. Women's health greatly influences the health of their children, thus a woman's role in reproduction and in the bearing and nursing of children needs to be taken into consideration. In a broader context, there are a number of socioeconomic health concerns that plague women in developing countries. These women must cope with growing pressures on the daily survival of their families when environmental destruction wreaks havoc. Domestic violence within the home increases such pressures; mental health and well-being become an issue. Occupational health is also a growing concern for women—many in their childbearing years—who must work for menial wages in the factories of emerging-economy markets. These women bear the worst consequences of environmental policies that ignore principles of sustainability and foster poor living conditions and degraded working conditions. Additional problems in the international arena include the interplay of critical concerns like the epidemic in trafficking of women, a high rate of drug abuse, an increase in sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS. Environmental Health Issues for Ukrainian Women Women of Ukraine are victims of these health issues. The socioeconomic concerns and the plight of the Ukrainian woman have not improved in the past decade but have actually deteriorated with the 12 “Н А Ш Е Ж И Т Т Я ”, Л И П Е Н Ь -С Е Р П Е Н Ь 2003 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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