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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                World women rights in education. In of Par sment re emancipation has actin Sli Ould be taken to status a Nenio that of 4women. In the far East Hong a Feudal Strong subjugation at cd the weaker sex. Tare wielding new found Powers. Do hot share the Fulves and Ortr sur bib of Lon they. In Ilic Feell they Are Mai by Don t Fli Oise rodent 4ti Ulici expense of family j � a Snow Are teaching in women taxi drive n Tia malted women As priests late a Virch Egypt is Aram operas in t Enmar cigars Dre a common sight. Staunch"1 supporters of equal rights for women und some disturbing element sin such achievements. In the soviet Union l where women legally Are fully emancipated they Lay bricks pave streets and1 operate Earth moving machinery work As backbreaking As when peasant women ruled the Fields in the Days of the czars. A Mth Africa on the other hand wife has  Legal rights. She must even have her husband s written per Mission to open a banking account.4abut, says mrs. Nola Gold of Johannes Burg women Are respected by South Afri can men there Are other exceptions to the Femi nine surge to Power. In Turkey no harem Willke restraints Are imposed in big cities but in farms and villages custom still decrees adman s world. In , ref Yon see a woman atall Shell a Jediny of Alldren or working the Fields in local cafes and hangouts it s Mev Only the husband rides the family Donkey White the lady of the House trudges  City women dress in Western style. But in the country women Wear the traditional baggy pants under a cloth gown heavy shoes and the Carsay flowing headgear like a nun s coif that is pulled Over the lower part of the face a Public Egypt also illustrates two extremes. Las summer Cairo University student Lila Nadia machine gun tucked under her Arm made her first jump As one of the first trainees of an egyptian woman Para troop division. Another Young egyptian woman Nefissa Zeinab can neither read nor write. She was married at jl6 to her first Cousin the husband her parents selected. When he took a second wife last fall Nefissa quietly moved her Straw mat to another room of their mud House and slept near the , egyptian women have equal rights. Daughters whose Mother Are still confined in harems May compete with men a almost All  practice May be quite different. Nearly All marriages Are family arranged. And while some egyptian women Are pampered and idolized by their husbands others Are As hard working As beasts of Burden. T  j. H Vav � v to. By Vuk Suli 4 u. ? Jim i. Stockholm s police Force has been strengthened by hiring women. . U of on air base egyptian women of the upper class prob ably have it easier than any other women in the world few would want any differ ent life. Says Suzy bad Wii can you imagine me working All Day and then com ing Home to Cook and clean House it too funny for  but women of the Tower class live like slave working in the Fields eating after the men of the household have finished in Thailand Village women share the Burden of farm work but by Law women can vote run a business or hold All but the highest municipal or civil service offices. Men Are legally limited to one wife piece but the concubine system thrives. Says one housewife if he runs around with other women it / in t in Portal As Long As he looks after me and the  France has. Sought to balance equal rights for women within a framework that recognizes their leading role As to Niemac ers. As Anjany countries do France make generous family allowances to encourage births. Government nurseries Are provide for working mothers in big cities. However the present trend is for French mothers to remain at Home. Traditionally the housewife believes her work is at Home and her husband s is at his Job although some Young husbands May Hel with household tasks. The double moral Standard still prevails in France but is disappearing among Young couples As economics make support of mistress More difficult for husbands. In Japan women May look docile but actually they Are among the world s most determined and Strong willed. Since 1945they have acquired voting rights Protection against divorce a Legal say in matters of inheritance and almost limitless opportunities in education and jobs. This is a Radical change from prewar times. I the stars and stripes n the soviet Union women get the same pay As men not Only by a but in prac Tice. They hold Many top jobs including posts a factory foremen and labor brigade leaders Many russian doctors Are  All wives work with children cared for in state run Day nurseries or the most common practice by a grandma Thor or elderly woman relative who is no longer employable otherwise. Other working mothers especially those with Well paid jobs hire maids. One Rea son is that finding something to spend Money on is a problem Dup to shortages in housing and consumer  Sweden and Denmark women feel they Are the world s most emancipated both in sex and suffrage. Sweden has a National Assn. For sexual advice which Sells and encourages the use of contraceptives by both married and unmarried persons. In both nations the government gives free maternity care and Cash allowances for children to mothers married or not. In Sweden it has been said the government discourages Matrimony by imposing a higher rate of income tax on married couple than on single persons. Statistically every sixth marriage ends in  Poland housewives get few conveniences or luxuries. Polish women raise the biggest families in Europe and also hold Down full time jobs ii Industry business Orthe communist administration. There is a government birth control pro Gram but with Ehtle effect thus far in the predominantly Catholic nation. The Popula Tion of 30 million1 is growing at the rate of 50,000 persons a  Equality for polish women has not destroyed traditional gallantry fit society even in communist circles women Are often greeted with a hand kiss. In Argentina women enjoy a Freedom Only slightly less than men in bustnes and poli tics but by social custom a married Wom an never goes out with a whale escort other than her husband. And Only recently have schools been coeducational the woman rules the Home prevailing Catholic influence opposes All divorce Laws and permits Only separations which forbid  women have about the same Legal political property and social rights As the menfolk with an Edge in some Legal mat ters. As in other countries where women have won the fight for equal rights. British women have lost out in the decline of Gal Lantry men. Sit stolidly in bus or subway seats while women stand. The male attitude is Likely to be the want equal rights and equal pay Jolly Good Luck to them. But that also Means equal rights to stand in the Rush  13  
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