Economic and Social Council

United Nations Commission on Status of Women Opens Its Second Session

5 January 1948

Two members of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women are Mrs. Isabel de Urdaneta, Venezuela, left, and Miss Dorothy Kenyon, United States.
The 15-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.

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