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Many family problems discussed It “as lit}. pleasure and pro tit-gt- to pit to Jrcluutl its a \ rating delegate for I VH1). ihl\ was my first international molt-rent: and It “in lasctnuting ill he a port or \llL'h an mom that touches the Inc». til nine million \wmcn lhc theme “as “l-ocus on the i.tlllli\. " \\ L‘\L'l').ttllt.' has it different nit-.i ot \vhut t‘tinsllttllc‘s a family, this this lltll .ir: ens). \llhjlfL'l to address. \\ tthiii the \( \\ \N' “DI’LNhltpN and liiiltc) [tlL'L'lillg\. (tillt’t'rns til it nlllTl’ I‘lct of |(llllliV problems front those of .i \inglc [Lllt‘lll through to the ex? tended {mimics \‘i grandparents. .lIJIlEN, uncles and cousins Within a household were expressed. (me at IIlL' first speakers I heart] “1h on Irish CLIillltl’illNl. lnhn \lcCar- tick. uho spill“: on “ the family, the l'li"~| coropcrttllte" “L' went on to tiht‘UNs \llrtlpurini\\:5 in other areas. He put lurth several propositions: i\. [he Industrial Revolution had been hard on the lttmlly. Within the cooperatiw I]!0\L'lllL‘l1l there Is control mcr technology which Lliifius for human dignin to be kept Nn more sweat shops or t'hiltl l.thur ii [ffllhit‘l‘l’ll‘lg tltitics lrnm families to wuety print-Ll costly. Hipoint being [hill the caring and \iidftlli.’ of families has been taken over Irv ‘.| welfare system which is Iiicllicicnt, In \lJllilllilf‘u' U] his remarks he said liltll the 1.10;“ IN to gel the mmt out of lite .tud i‘cittcmhcr tlttil the work ethic h not the lit-null t-I our existence. Rt-iiicmhci that at one stage, some- Ullt.’ who could stay home and enjoy the “RH UttlleiL'rL'd n gentlcnntn. the other lll'L‘Cl liltll i msh to report .uc L‘\\.".‘Ttfil\ trout At WW President In i‘ilL‘tl M;th Cill1'\ opening address .tl the Thursday plenary session. It \t.i\ her lliL'il lhtit “L‘ have it fireside that “liilttlll the tire, ilH she voiced her thoughts on the next three years tot .-\L'\\'\'t‘. ,-\~ it I\ \.\"l[hll'| any funiin (\cryonc doesn't .tlwuys agree. All that can he hoped for is that (l eon- \l'll\ll'~i can he reached. The question Dr. Ellen Maclea ACWW President to be answered is “Where are we go- ing7". It is our aim to work towards a better world. Each member society is an independent. autonomous orgaâ€" nization which when linked has the potential for action world-wide. Dr. MacLean went on to say that all our individual international pm. grams are not always ACWW projects and we should ask ourselves why not? We are not islands unto our- selves but depend on each other, Another concern is whether mega- projects are as important as the smaller ones. She mentioned that Pennies for Friendship are what kecp the ACWW organization going and we should make it a priority. An interesting side-note to the PL'll- nies for Friendship was an idea put forth by one of the other speakers She suggested that if each member put the cost of a loaf of bread into the Pennies collection, once a M.” for the next three years in addition to our usual contributions we omit] reach the goal of the proposed bl tl- get. So I leave you with this thought of making “dough” for ACWW. Barbara Temple Board director. . .Subdivision 18. Family woman faces choices [n a stimulating address Mrs. Nuala Fennel], Minister of State for Wo- men's Affairs stated, “The popular image of the modern family woman is a woman who will spend a great deal of her time and energy away from her family, perhaps in a de- manding job as I do. Fewer younger women will accept the traditional supportive role personified by their mothers. While there is a striking inâ€" crease in the number of mothers in the paid work force. these same mothers carry most of the respon- sibilily for domestic and family duties." The new family woman is one who has choices and freedom to decide the priorities for her life â€" when to get married â€" when to have children â€" to work outside the home or not â€" to tolerate an unhappy marriage or leave it. Not surprising therefore, the modern family woman is exposed to a range of stresses not experienced in times past, she went on to say. Have we had time to assess the changes in our lives? How are women coping with these changes and hit“ is society coping with these womanl Women individually, and through their organizations must dictate the pace and direction of their develnn ment both in the work force and In the home, as they perceive it right tut them. We live in an interesting and stimulating era. The future is hope ful. Mrs. Fennell said. In a seminar on Family Environ- ment, the participants shared infor- mation and discussed how the quality of housing, health, education, cw» nomic security, culture and happiness can build or break a family unit. A scripted visual presentation of continued on p. 23 m |1 H &L Oct, Nov. Dec. l98t’1