Education -- Middle East

Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports from YWCA work in British Malaya and Singapore and documents concerning the Eastern Mediterranean Federation Conferences and YWCA work in the Middle East. Similar to their other work with foreign countries, the YWCA of the U.S.A. supports secretaries in Malaya and Singapore and the Middle Eastern region. In Malaya and Singapore the YWCA seeks to help women in their physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual growth. As international conflict in the Pacific grows...

Scope and Contents Studies, correspondence and reports concerning the YWCA in the Near East. Studies are conducted to make a detailed assessment of the social conditions faced by women and children in Turkey and beyond. The reports give detailed presentation of social customs and laws governing the lives of women and children in regards to marriage, child care, employment, rights, religion and recreations. In addition the social institutions are assessed including refugee facilities and camps, orphanages,...