United Nations Commission on Status of Women Opens its Second Session

Arriving for the opening of the Second Session of the Commission on the Status of Women are, left to right: Minerva Bernardino, Dominican Republic, representing Inter-American Commission on Women; Mrs. Bodil Begtrup, Denmark; Mrs. Alice Kandalft Cosma of Syria; Amalia C. de Castillo Ledon, and Dorothy Kenyon, United States of America.
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.