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‘ had a brief Ed'tor‘s Note: In ‘our last issue we ac‘dount of the history of AC.W.W. HETC‘ we have excerpts from an article by Mrs. John. Bell. General Secretary of ' tcglliencg more about the present tacltivigifgmtllgte grtiicle ' tle organimtiou. ic ‘ H :liiispijbiislhed in. "Home and Country. London, the official organ 0] A.C.W.W. HE Associated Country Women of the World is the only international organiza- tion representing a section of the worlds people which otherwise would have no con- certed voice # the rural women. It links to- gether 113 countrywomen's societies in twentvatour different countries. and represents between five and six million countrywomen. The societies belonging to A.C.W.W. range from large national organizations with over a million members to small groups with only a few hundred. It is true that "the farmers appearance on the international stage has come slowly". It is all the more remarkable that. rural women were able to form an international organizaâ€" tion, joining together women of many diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds as long ago as 1929. The organization has steadily grown and flourished since; and it managed not only to survive but to put out new growths during the difficult war years. The aims of A.C.W.W. are threefold: to pro- mote international good will, friendship and understanding betWeen the countrywomen of the world; to raise the standard of living of rural women all over the world; and to further international relations and to be a voice for countrywomen in international affairs. Many women in home and village are ac~ tively concerned with the production of the staple foodstufis on which the people of the world depend for their very existence Yet sometimes the United Nations and its Spe~ cialized Agencies seem something very far removed from their daily lives. A.C.W.W works to see that this is not necessarily 50‘ to see that through her own organization the VOXCE‘ of the countrywoman can be heard in the council chambers of the world. A.C WW is one of the non-governmental organizations which have been granted consultative status With the Food and Agriculture Organization (F: A: 0.). the United Nations Educational Solentlfic and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). A.C.W.W. has an observer at United Nations headquarters in New York In addition to items of interes: min “a, United Nations appearing in the ’WS mitts “The Countrywoman" from monll .ii mm,“ it is laid down that at least two in] l plements a year must be devoted . “201%,” the United Nations. ‘ But this is still fostering intern inal [eta I tions on a large and somewhat in 1.. p " An equally important part of AC \'_‘5 W} ‘ consists of helping the individual rm)“; get to know one another: the - mum, feels this is one of the most imp .m M of promoting international relatii Th;_ one organization that has never 1 out with the rank and file â€" the t id ‘ considered a real person, not a i r The chief job of the Central Offic the problems and answer the quu individual. Not every countrywornan and can leave her home and country world, but every member of the Societies of A.C.W.W. can have. brought to her doorstep if she vw of the ways in which this is done e friends â€" introducing individual different countries to each othr which has resulted in the wider; izons of almost 17,000 members. l programmes â€" helping groups v literally to exchange a day's progi clubs or institutes in other counti one of the most intimate and inter of learning international relation sonal introductions â€" to the indix trywoman, the A.CAW.W. can be a friendship all over the world. Meeting and corresponding \i‘ who live and work in “far-away _ strange-sounding names” is one oi 0f the Extension Sub-Committee, n of reference call for it to “consider of extending the work and men A.C.W.W.” Recently the committt much pride and pleasure in root for admission at Constituent Societ Pakistan Women’s Association. At the moment, this committee i; ~.\' Pl" parng for a Round Table on Exter H [‘3 ‘5 held at the Toronto Conference. ins :3 bemg made to have at the Conferei 1 FM ber of women from areas where v I?" ‘5' not Yet fully organized. In additior sentatives from countries where so already members of A.C.W.W., SUCi‘ Pakistan and Ceylon, it is hoped to 11 E“ from Egypt, the Lebanon,. Indo I13 6"” Japan. HOME AND couNlll