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Show make further suggestions on equal pay meaSures which will be presented for vote at the 1951 Ito meeting,' The kind of convention that is approved is important because after being passed by ILO it will be necessary for our government to refer it to each state for consideration. This international action will help our members in each state to secre laws for equal pay and to cover the other provisions in the convention if they urge the passing of sate legislation to implement the ILO convention. 6. Nationality of Married Women I A draft convention will be presented that works out provisions by which citizenship for women and their children will be assured., For t oo long, many women who married men of another country have lost their nationality and have been unable' to acquire the same citizenship as their husband. The 1932 the rQtif-i ed rteen that tbj countries Conventj stated. on, _atio,p.ali ty by_ Hague of a wife and children should deDend on that of the husband. In 193 erican States drew up a Montevideo Convention that has been ratified by " . i ... seven countries including the United----States, which says there__shal_L_be=:_no:=== This draft convention on distinction based on sex as regards nationality. nationality rights_ofomen sets up international standards whican rati fied will carry out- the prav; sien of the DeclaratiOilOf which says that wwhouJly a right to a nationality and that it should not = tl--ights «b arbitrarily tak.-- _ -- _--, ·7. _ . The Technical Assistance Program The Commission will consider how women can contribute to the advancement The internat1onaf»·-··--= of this program for thLQ.eV£!QPJA?.nt of backward ar§. Federation there were attention of the Economic and Social Council that the boards planning the technical assistance program wmen and that women should be included I1 th_E2. mi_a.s_iQ_l,l_ QSliJl_g_ sent out to under':" developed a_as. The emphasis of the rogram is on increased drew to the no on __ __ £roductlon;---- <our special intereSt would be to pomt ou'f-tne---s-ocial implications of pro grams, urge that opportunities for the advancement of women be included and exploitation be guarded against. A survey is being conducted on social, economic, political and educational rights of women in trustee that their the ship and dependent areas, the result of which will be discussed by the C9mmission. Work of the United Nations of Women in the 8. Participation in the Uni bed Nations showed that had been made of When the women survey total representation at the last session of the Ge_neral Assemblx were women -a-n.cl-t1latC5tl.--:ty""'tnre-ewomen as against 177 men were ln the five top salary levels, the Secretary-General was asked to report why. that only four percent of tue more women were Council asked employed in the Secretariat. to name more womeIl: __ The Economic and Social a _: __ __ .t_:_theIr-d61e€ition International Federation passed a resolJl.tion for the r:moval of of en to_ the United Naions. discriminations The Commission will consider new-wayst;o-ormg more women into the work of the Secretariat and the various bodies of the United Nations. Adga Jaderstrom Rossel, President of the Swedish Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, has been appointed to represent Sweden on the Commission on Human Her appointment brings the number of women to four, which is e 0.; not governments whi-ontribution Rights. largest number on any Commission outside of the Status of Women Commission whi h is made UTI entirely of women. ot until the womep in the United States d in all Member Nations urge that women be included on delegations covering the wor wil teparhc1patio _w_ome>n in the Unite.::_ __ - 5 - |
