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16 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 2010 Sisters for the Soldiers of Ukraine took as its aim the amelioration of the spiritual and material conditions of the draftees. Many consider that th e spiritual needs of the men are most pressing and organize cultural programs for them . 37 The International Association “ Hope, ” based in Alushta, Crimea, and headed by Nina Karpacheva, a deputy to the second Supreme Rada, cooperates with other women's orga nizations in helping the needy. Among the smaller organizations is the a ssociation of w omen w orkers “For the Future of the Children of Ukraine, ” chaired by Natalia Pokotylo and in - formally connected to the Supreme Rada. Another association of women, “ For t he Genetic Fund of Ukraine, ” appears to focus on prenatal health issues. 38 Some professional women have established separate organizations that function as network connections. Among the most active of these is the Ukrainian Association of Women Cinemato - g raphers. Its meeting in May 1996 attracted over two hundred participants. The Institute of Government Management and Self - Administration, under the aegis of the Cabinet of Ministers in Ukraine and with the help of Canadian academic institutions, included women among its students from its inception in 1992. The alumnae a ssociation from this two - year program has been sponsoring ( with the help of the Kyiv Soros Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ) a series of conferences on “ Woman M anager in Ukrain e. ” Women ’ s Community (Zhinocha Hro - mada) helped in the organization of these programs, but the entire program itself needs government and foreign support. 39 The conference of 1993 focused as much on economic and political policies as on cultural affairs. 4 0 Also discussed were matters of health and education. In other words, the women did not limit themselves to the so - called women ’ s and cultural issues, but used their specialized knowledge to discuss issues of general import . ( Conclusion in next month’s issue .) NOTES 29. Luidmyla Smohar, “Feministychna tradytsia Ukrainy i pytannia suchasnoho zhinochoho rukhu,” Zhinka i demokratia, Kyiv, 1995, 45 - 51. 30. During the three day meetings, half of the sessions (held either in Ukrainian or Russian) dealt with some aspect of historical development of women in Ukrainian history, culture, and spiritual life. Health and economy covered two sessions and only one session dealt with “the role and place of women’s organizations in the socio - political life of Ukraine.” Zhinky Ukrainy: suchas - ny status i perspektyvy, Kyiv - Odesa, 1995, program notes. 31. A newspaper by that name had been founded by Milena Rudnytska and Olena Sheparovych for the Women’s Union in 1936. It focused upon women's issues, even admitted to women being feminists, and disseminated information on the new women’s movement among the broad segment of the population. It ceased publication with the outbreak of World War II in 1939. When Radianska zhinka was contemplating a name change, I happened to have an interview with the editor. I told her about the interwar journal, but I cannot claim any influence in the decision. Apparently, the editors had considered entitling the changed journal “Ukrainka” (the Ukrainian Woman). 32. Olena Teliha, a poet who live d in Prague in the interwar years, returned to Kyiv in the aftermath of the invading German army, worked for a while on the newspaper Ukrainske slovo (The Ukrainian Word), and was soon executed by the Nazis along with other members of the Ukrainian intelli gentsia in one of the massacres in Babii Yar in Kyiv. A newspaper with the same title was founded in Kyiv in the early 1990s, and the women working in its editorial offices were the initiators of the group. 33. Text taken from the bylaws, approved June 19 94, point 2.1. 34. Point 2.2 of the bylaws. 35. First paragraph of Point 2.3 of the bylaws. 36. Alla Topchii, “Zhinky - patriotky hurtuiutsia,” Khreshchatyk, 23 September 1994. 37. Halyna Iablonska, President, Dobrochynna zhinocha hromadska orhanizatsia liha “Materi i sestry – voiinam Ukrainy” Halyna Iablonska, President (Zhinka i demokratia. 1995, p. 154). 38. Asotsiatsia Zhinok “Za genofond Ukraiiny” is headed by Lilia Piltai. It was founded in April 1995 and does not appear to have been spread widely. 39. Liudmyla Hrebeniuk, “Zhinka v derzhavnomu upravlinni,” in Mizhnarodna orhanizatsia “Zhinocha hro - mada.” Zhinka i demokratiia: materialy mizhnarodnoii naukovo - praktychnoii konferentsi ii, Kyiv 2 - 5 June, l995. Tamara Melnyk, editor pp. 87 - 89; also see a rticles by Karina Shumbatiuk, Taisa Halina, Natalia Petrova, Ivan - na Ibrahimova, and others in the same publication. 40. Analyzing the difficulties of reform of Ukrainian economy, difficulties due in large measure to the “incompleteness of its economic st ructure,” Tamara Romaniuk singled out the continued need for some wel - fare support in view of the inevitable continuing inflation; Lidia Kononko bemoaned the low participation of women in political parties; Larysa Kravchenko stressed the importance of wome n ’ s participation in the development of a democratic society. Zhinka v derzhavo tyorenni. Materialy mizhna rodnoii naukovoii konfe rentsii, Kyiv 29 - 31 May, 1993. 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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