STATUS OF WOMEN JUNE 2014
To follow up the question of expenses to the financial report re: Status of Women
1: International Women’s day dinner. We sponsored the dinner for the five attendees at a cost of $15 per person. ETFO paid 50% of the cost for the evening. We paid our portion of the remainder which was divided between SCETF, SCEOT, DECE for a total cost of $273.60.
2: Women in Action weekend. We sponsored five attendees to part one and five attendees to part two at a cost of $24.27 per person. EFTO paid the mileage. We paid our portion of the remaining expensed which included presenters, goodie bags,and hospitality goodies for a total cost of $291.23.
FYI Saturday June 14 there will be a crafters day at the SCETF office at 351 King St unit 3. The cost is $20 per person includes working space, lunch, snacks, goodie bags, and prizes to be won, bring any craft you wish to work on, guest are welcome at a cost of $25. See web site for flyer.
Contact SCETF to register by June 11 705 728 2888.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT will be held Thursday Oct 2, 2014, at 6pm at the Barrie rotunda.
WOMEN IN POLITICS
A critical mass of female elected officials is needed before legislatures produce public policy representing women’s concern. Ontario’s political parties must first nominate more women, in order to increase the numbers of female members of provincial parliament.
That’s why Equal Voice Toronto has issued a challenge to all three provincial party leaders asking that they commit to nominating more women candidates. Positive responses where received from the three party leaders before the election was called. All party leaders accepted the challenge and agreed to run more women candidates. We all want to see more women elected. What can we do? We can vote for a woman, we can financially support a woman, or we can work for a woman on her campaign. And we can talk about the need for more women to represent us at Queen’s Park.
Equal Voice is a multi-partisan organization working to get more women elected to all parties of Canada.
The AFL, CIO now tweeted a new report. Women’s committees in worker organizations still making a difference concludes that labour organizations still have a need for women centered programs and committees. Female union members and the labour unions themselves still gain significant benefits from maintaining internal organizations and programs for women. Data was collected from both national and local unions as well as labour groups. They found that such programs even in female dominate unions or those headed by women, increased women’s union activism, develop leaders, expand collective bargaining, and help address issues like sexual harassment and pay equity.
Summited by Barb Gunn