A110 - Friday, April 20, 1984 - North Shore News

NEWS photo Eric Eggertson

Pushing a street

VANCOUVER SoW

JOANNE MacDONALD

NORTH SHORE

women are speaking
Out against the pro-
vincial government’s
decision to cancel its

$83,000 annual grant to
the Vancouver Status
of Women.

Attorney-General Brian
Smith has cancelled the
grant because he does not
have enough money for
groups which are not pro-
viding direct justice service.

The president of the North
Shore Women’s Centre,
Beverly Schroeter called the
cancellanon of funds ‘‘a
really unhappy business."’

‘The Status of Women
office has provided a good
service for 10 years. They
have a newspaper. which
keeps women informed, plus
they are a non-partisan
group that keeps up on the
pulse of things,’’ said
Schroeter ‘‘My concern 1s
that I'm wondering where
they'll pick up more
funding The Secretary of
State has a new program in
place, and they're looking at
greater funding for women’s
Organizations in B.C.,
especially due to cutbacks
They realhze there's a real

DONNA STEWART of the

They bring together women
from across class barriers
That’s dangerous to a gov-
ernment who serves a par-
ticular class,'’ said Stewart.
“It shows an incredible un-
caring about women to cul
the funding.’

She termed the Vancouver

Status of Women, which
annually serves 10,000
women in fields ranging

from labor and legal issues
tO Immigration, a ‘‘very
cheap, effective social
service. Women felt cared
for as complete women.
Sometimes the group would
work with some women for
as long as one vear ""

Both Schroeter and

Women’s group
hits grant cut

photo submitted
North Shore Womens Centre
when she addressed the commission on prostitution and
pornography earlier this month.

comes to women, that also
means we're up against
sexual harassment and job
discrimination."’

Added Stewart: ‘‘Seventy
per cent of the tissues to

come before the Human
Rights Branch were
female-oriented We've

already had a 23 per cent
escalation (in the number of
reported incidents) of sexual
harassment in [983 The
Status of Women was the
only province-wide
Organization to monitor
applheauon of the Charter of
Rights for women in B.C

Judy Kilcup, the Director
of the Emily Murphy House

problem Stewart voiced concern for Battered Women, did

Centre coordinator Donna about what might happen to not comment extensively on

Stewart said that the cutback women's mghts as a direct the government's move.

MERCHANTS ALONG Lonsdale have begun promoting their street. The Central was ‘‘just another stepinthe result of the tunding «stating it was ‘a shame” the
Lonsdale Merchants, formed to attract more business to the area, sponsored a visit from silencing of women."’ setback funding was cancelled Ad
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