United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Opens Its Second Session

At table before the first meeting of the Second Session of the Commission on the Status of Women is Cecilia Zung (left) new representative of China and E.I Uralova, Byelorussian SSR.
The fifteen-member organ of the United Nations Economic and Social Council prepares recommendations and reports to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, civil, social and educational fields. The agenda for the present session includes methods of educating new women voters on the use of franchise; economic rights for women, and cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO); educational opportunities for women, and prevention of discrimination on grounds of sex.