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since Mrs. Laure Georges Tabet arrived in Geneva to represent Lebanon at the conference of the Commission on Women's Rights, she has been working to secure everything from which woman in Lebanon and in the other Arab countries might benefit. Jointly with the delegates of Iran and America she submitted a draft resolution whose text is as follows:

"The Commission on Women's Rights recommends that the Economic and Social Council adopt the following resolution:

The Economic and Social Council has taken note of the request of certain governmental and non-governmental bodies that the pamphlet 'The Political Education of Women' be rendered into the Arabic language. And since it believes that this pamphlet can be especially useful in the Arab countries, where rapid progress is today being achieved with regard to the status of woman, it requests the Secretary-General to take the measures necessary to complete this translation in the near future, and requests likewise that he see to it that this publication can be obtained at the lowest possible price."

Mrs. Laure Tabet recently returned from Geneva, and to her belongs the greatest credit for the conference's adoption of several resolutions in woman's favor, among them the granting to woman of political rights in equality with man throughout the whole world; she also succeeded in having them approve the translation into Arabic of the information of the General Secretariat of the United Nations on this subject.

• "Child Week" this year fell between April 21 and 26. The radio station devoted to this

week a daily corner, opened by the First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Laure Khoury, with a gracious word of guidance; she was followed by Miss Haifa Jabr, secretary of the Children's Welfare Society — of all the women's associations the one most concerned with this cele-bration. Then Miss Nelly Ayoub, principal of al-Nahda School in Achrafieh, reviewed the efforts of the private institutions to bring cheer to destitute childhood.

Sessions were held around the microphone in which the prob-lems of childhood in general and the effective means of treating them were discussed. These sessions were conducted by Mr. Rashad al-Arees, assisted by a select group of men and women workers in the field of education and social affairs; we mention the ladies: Nazik al-Abed Beyhum, Zaheya Ayoub, Habiba Shaaban Yakan, Aliya al-Khalil al-Saidi, Marie Sabri, Zahiyah Dughan, Hamida al-Sheikh, Suhayla Hamadeh, and Khanum Adada. The closing word belonged to the president of the Children's Welfare Society, Mrs. Zahia Salman.

• During the past month Miss In'am al-Saghir, commissioner of the girl guides of the Muslim Scouts, traveled with a troop made up of twenty guides on a scouting trip to Cyprus, where they became acquainted with the historic landmarks of the island and made contact with the scouting bodies there.

Miss In'am al-Saghir returned with the troop of guides after ten days, having met with every hospitality and honor from the director and staff of the Near East Arab Broadcasting Station.

• Early last month the annual vocational conference was held at Beirut College for Women. The discussions in this session turned on the various professions a girl may take up when she goes out into the field of work.

Mr. MacMillin spoke about radio and the qualities of the broad-caster; then Dr. Najarian gave a valuable lecture on childhood and how to guide it and lead it wisely; and Miss Rose Ghorayeb spoke on Arabic writing in general, enumerating the problems that face the writer among us, chief among them the problem of the language, which sets an impassable barrier between the colloquial and the literary tongue, making writing for children very difficult indeed.

Alongside these discussions, other lectures were given on social work, nursing, education and teaching, and home econom-ics, all of which showed that the field is still very wide open before the girl in choosing a profession that suits her.

• Mr. Nazih Osseiran and his wife have been blessed with a baby boy, the firstfruit of their happy marriage, and they have named him "Abd al-Mun'im" as a happy augury, after his noble grandfather.

To the parents our most sincere congratulations, and to the little child health and long life.

• Among the news from Cabimas in Venezuela is that one of the friends of "The Woman's Voice," Mrs. Fadwa Makarem, wife of Mr. Adib Makarem, has been blessed with a baby girl, her firstborn, whom she has named "Sonia," and that daughter and mother are both enjoying good health.

The magazine extends to Mrs. Fadwa Makarem and to her respected husband the warmest congratulations on the arrival of little "Sonia," whose coming we hope will be for the parents a herald of abundant good.