_ should -

‘ where women are paid
less for the same work

as” men. Of course, as.

more = ladies take in-

creasingly. responsible
positions, they too will |

receive their share of |

men’s. diseases like
ulcers, but hopefully

not baldness.

in a provisional budget, but
would have to have ‘further

_ documentation that the funds

were needed before he could
release them: He stresses
that his budget has not
received the final okay.

He says statistics gathered
_ by Chesterfield House, were.

**not of real value to us at

all,”’ because they included.

runaway children and others
also served by the centre.

‘Meanwhile, Margaret
Roy, chairing a report
-commissioned by the United

. Way, says she has applied
for funds for both a transi-

tional house and an emer-
gency. shelter for the’ North
Shore.

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Here i isa 1 subject that.
| ‘start. a. . few.
| " arguments; the. age-old
- question - are men and
women: ‘equal. There
-are still. a few areas.

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‘THREATENING’

The report;
““*Emergency Shelter and

Transitional House Facilities -

on the: North Shore,’’ says

_victims are sometimes forced |

to “‘return. to family situa-

Roy

battered wives. and . their
children.

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As of yet she i ‘is still “up i in

_ the air as to which will be |
-funded,’’ if
have been going on for about .
a year.

‘Talks

‘entitled
_ giving. them time to: decide
on future actions. 7

describes how a
‘transitional house, .contain-
ing 14 beds,. would ‘service

. Susie Macislis
| North. Vancouver

I think they are. It was s only ;
men who said women were

not equal. .

‘It would be.‘‘a place for
women to'go to feel safe and

“secure and to be with people.

who have. the - same pro-
blems.”’ - :

She. says. the house would
allow: women .and: their
children a six week stay,

| ‘ Legal referrals. and: ‘coun- _

selling would also be avail-

. tions which could -only. be © able. : ;

_. viewed as physically, mental-

oly or emotiona!ly threaten-
ing.”

Roy. says ‘the “Vancouver
transitional house turns away

about. 700° people a year,”

some of whom are referrals
from the North. Shore. . er

“There’s no question a.
_. transitional house on. the

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‘It’s getting that way.)
There are now more oppor-
tunities for women nowadays

than in years gone by.

‘North Shore - would be fa.

led, ”*’ she said.

‘TWIN NEEDS

An emergency: “shelter e
-. would allow anyone. who was
in need of shelter to stay for _
up.to five days. These would: -
be people who’ ‘had been
involved in fires and. other’
disasters, runaway © youths
-with particular. ‘family ‘pro-- -
lems: and family: members’ _ .
‘ who.are undergoing emotion- z=
al stress. cares :

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Roy is adamant she cannot _
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: “They: are. - distinct | and—
separate © concepts .and we
~ really do. need. ‘them: both,” ””

she said.

his ‘department. eer

: oe that the facilities a are e needed:
‘The 10-bed shelter would
be open 24 hours’a day. and:
would ‘‘act as an advocate'to |.
‘help the person ‘solve: his or” ;

all dealing with the issue

professionally, including po- .
_ lice, probation and social.

service agencies.

- ‘Yes, of course. Men and
women are born equal. It is
. just people’s attitudes that.

would make ‘them unequal...

“But Abam has told the
2] News that only ¢ one of the two “wives, although - the number

-- families ‘can be funded. by ofr reports are up, ‘Roy says.

| The United’ “Way sego
: backs. «up. Roy’s. contention:

: “That the. North Shore ¢ has
social problems is evident to_.

‘Jeff Baptiste

North Vancouver | .

. Maybe. ‘Everybody has
their own particular talents,
whether: ‘they. are. men or
‘women.. ios

“This i is s especially ¢ evident
in the lack of an emergency

_ shelter for people in crisis

and in.-the lack of a

transitional - Jhouse to: deal

specifically.with the : problem

_ of battered ‘women.’ Po

“There has. not ‘necessarily
been. _an increase in battered

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