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Show With the FEDERATION FAMILY Availability of birth-control informa tion, to all. Restriction of marriage to persons aged at least 18. Liberalization of divorce legislation to permit a husband and wife who have lived separately for one year, rather than three as now required, to get a divorce, based upon mar riage break-down. AUSTRALIA Australian Federation has awarded a scholarship to Heagi Mataio, a high school student in New Guinea. This scholarship will cover fares, cost of cloth ing, school fees and all other relevant expenses for the year. The Education Department in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea has advised that Heagi is a very promising student who gained an excellent pass in her intermediate certificate examinations. She is a poten tial tertiary student, but because of family hardship she would have to leave unless school she received financial assistance. -RUTH W. ROSS A guaranteed annual income to heads of one-parent families with dependent children. Eighteen with benefits. A significant increase in the number of women appointed to the Senate and governmental bodies. A taxable cash allowance of about $500 a year for each child under 16 years of age, for the mother from the federal zovernment. BETH AULIN CANADA The Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, established in Feb ruary 1967 and headed by Anne Francis, Ottawa broadcaster, brought in its an recommendations to the government of Canada in December 1970. These guide lines are designed to improve the eco nomic, educational and physically. A network of day-care tablished. Sterilization on control reasons. A centres demand special federal council be , es- for birth- to advise and report on progress in improving the status of women in Canada. Measures to ensure equal opportunities to women. Franeaise fete en 40ieme Anniversaire. A Madame Tiers dans une ppele dans quelles con Chere Presidents Fon re Mary Laudner avait ere ziation. 1 le sa rencontre it Paris avt a Madesin Philipps fut tr€ et ce fut pour nous une grande joie de constater 40 ans plus tard, combien les efforts de Mary Laudner avaient porte leur fruit. diner notre eut lieu Apres ce Assembles Generale ou tous nos clubs etaient Le travail de representee. chacun d'eux est extremernent interes sant faisant connaitre l'activite feminine dans bien des domaines en encourageant toujours les femmes, it exiger des droits egaux. Les professions de nos membres sont tres variees tant dans Ie domaine intellectuel que celui du commerce et de l'industrie: ce qui constitue pour chacune un veritable enrichissement, difficile it realiser en dehors des clubs. Merci encore it Mary Laudner. S. TIERS of women in every walk of life. The Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs is most anxious to take the necessary steps to ensure that these recommendations are implemented by our government. The highlights of the report are given here: Abortion on demand for any woman pregnant for 12 weeks or less. Abortion on request of a woman pregnant for more than 12 weeks if the continuation of the pregnancy en dangers her physical or mental health and also if there is "substantial risk" that if the child were born, it would be handicapped, either mentally or employment 10 RHODESIA Deeply impressed by the devoted service of the Rehabilitation and Refugee Relief (ad hoc) Committee for the Ramallah Women's Training Center, supported by From information received most Clubs will maintain the custom adopted sev eral years ago of arranging almost a full week's special activities for Inter national Week. Two Clubs will have an international concert, one of them with contributions from the various com munities in the town. This Club is fortunate in expecting representatives from Greece, Portugal, Italy, Poland, South Africa and U.S.A. Another Club will hold a forum on "The Woman in Business" with speakers from different nationalities. A special shop window display is also being arranged. of several generous the Japanese Federation decided October 1967 to raise scholar ships for the girls at Ramallah by the sale of Christmas cards designed and printed by the Federation. Although there were only two months left that year, the immediate undertaking of the success in resulted cards Christmas with the enthusiastic cooperation of all the contributions federations, the clubs as well as the general public and $200.00 was sent to Ramallah as the first scholarship. This project has been carried on each year since then and in 1970 (the fourth year) almost $278.00 was raised. The Japanese Fed eration is grateful to Mayor Sugito of Nagoya of Aichi a City and Governor Kuwahara prefecture for their generous 100 cards each with extra donations for four years successively. They have shown keen interest in BP Club aims and activities. purchase of On the occasion of the International Night Celebration observed at the Inter national Hotel February 22, 1970 we were honored by the presence of IF BPW FR La position legal of maternity leave unemployment insurance weeks some JAPAN President Miss Patience Every member who knows Mrs. Meg Clark of Gwelo (and there are few who do not know her) was delighted when the news was published in November that she was the only woman to be honoured in the first Rhodesian Civil Awards List by the award of the In dependence Commemorative Decoration. Meg is a former National Vice-President and is currently President of Gwelo Club. She will be largely responsible for this year's National Congress, to be held in Gwelo, an outline programme of which will be available shortly. far So there definite dele five are gates for the Edmonton Congress, the two Board Members being the National President (Mrs. Helen Johnston) and Thoms. Mayor Sugito .presented his warm greet ings and message to the President. The recent delightful news of Ramal lah was the remarkable year-end pro gress report of Miss Leila Mahmoud Khilleh (Palestine Refugee girl) whose second year of training in the 1968170 Vice-President Second National the (Miss Wyn Wilson). Miss Wilson nominated Vice-President. been also The third for has International edition of the Federation being compiled and it is hoped that it will be regarded by Handbook is the at Course Education Business Ramallah Women's Training Center was funded in part by the Japanese Fed all members (meaning now as "go a real with "vade me") - mecum" namely that every member will be able to have clear picture a copy and so obtain a of the work and structure of the National Federation and the standards to which each club should aspire. -GWEN McLEAN eration. She will become an excellent Band woman after her graduation as so many graduates from the Center have been. P IFBPW's cooperation with UNRWA for the Ramallah Women's Training Center is so worthwhile and necessary that more support and encouragement to the unhappy refugee girls are earnestly desired. TOMI KITANO Reports Due 15 April International Federation officers, chair of committees and other representa the tives are reminded that reports fOF 12th Congress should be received by the IFBPW General Secretary not later than be 15 April. A duplicate copy should Woods. sent to Honorary Secretary Jonah men Deadline for copy for the May-June issue is of HORIZONS WIDENING 15 April. 11 |
