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The Advisory Council on the Status of Women is the provincial go= vernment agency that promotes equality, fairness and dignity for women, by = bringing forward concerns and advising the Minister Responsible for the Sta= tus of Women Act. Through research, policy, education, and partnerships, th= e council works to ensure women have an equal voice in society, fair pay an= d pensions, freedom from violence, and good health and well-being.

Newsbytes is a free bi-weekly e-mail newsletter with links to st= ories and contacts.

You can also read the newsletter and about coming events at the = Advisory Council's website: <ht= tp://www.women.gov.ns.ca >.

Also, visit our online catalogue at <http://women.gov.ns.ca/library.asp&= gt; or access it through the Provincial Library at "One-Place-to-Look" <= http://ibistro.library.ns.ca/, or come visit us!

Join the Advisory Council on the Status of Women on Facebook and= become a fan!

CONTENTS AT A GLANCE

/1/ African Nova Scotian Women Leaders Honoured

/2/ New French Edition of Making Changes Now Available

/3/ Tribute to Feminists Who Died in Quake

/4/ Pre-Employment Program for Immigrant Women

/5/ Call for Submissions: Toolkit for Gender, Sex and Health Res= earch

/6/ Consequences of Long-Distance Caregiving

/7/ Summer Female Mentorship Opportunities

/8/ Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities

/9/ Call for Papers: Childcare and Postsecondary Education Confe= rence

/10/ Girls Do What They Have to Do to Survive: a Study of Resili= ence and Resistence

/11/ Canada Suffering from Huge Democratic Deficit

/12/ Did You Know?

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/1/ AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN WOMEN LEADERS HONOURED

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The Advisory Council congratulates six African Nova Scotian wome= n, who have been honoured as Leading Ladies during February, African Herita= ge Month. Here are this year=92s honorees: Edith Cromwell of Inglewood, Ann= apolis County; Ada Fells of Greenville, Yarmouth County; Geraldine White of= Amherst; Beryl Braithwaite of Sydney; May Sheppard of Halifax; and Willena= Jones of Truro. They are former teachers, mentors for young people, church= camp cooks and outreach workers.

Mrs. Cromwell, Mrs. Fells and Mrs. White were honoured posthumou= sly.

Source: The Chronicle Herald, February 1, 2010.

 

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/2/ NEW FRENCH EDITION OF MAKING CHANGES NOW AVAILABLE

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For many years, women and their families have turned to "Making = Changes: A Book for Women in Abusive Relationships." Now there is a fifth e= dition of the French version, "Changer pour le mieux : un livre pour les fe= mmes victimes de violence," with updated resources. The book contains infor= mation, advice and a directory of services for women seeking help for thems= elves and their children. If you are a family member or a friend, or someon= e who works on behalf of women and their children, this book will be helpfu= l to you, too.


Order print copies by calling (902) 424-8662 or 1-800-565-8662 (tol= l-free within Nova Scotia) or access the publication online: http://wome= n.gov.ns.ca/pubViolence.asp .

　

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/3/ TRIBUTE TO FEMINISTS WHO DIED IN QUAKE

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Women=92s rights activists have paid tribute to three prominent = Haitian feminists who died in the devastating earthquake -- Myriam Merlet, = Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan, founders of three of Haiti's impo= rtant advocacy organizations working on behalf of women and girls.

One returned to her Haitian roots, to give voice to women, honou= r their stories and shape their futures. Another urged women to pack a cour= troom in Haiti, where she succeeded in

getting a guilty verdict against a man who battered his wife. A = third joined the others and helped change the law to make rape, long a poli= tical weapon in Haiti, a punishable crime.

Merlet and Coriolan held high positions in the Haitian ministry = for women=92s affairs, created after the 1994 return of president Jean-Bert= rand Aristide. They drew attention to the plight of Haiti=92s poor women. T= hey also helped bring security protection for domestic workers and legal eq= uality in marital and family relations between men and women, and led campa= igns to name streets in Port-au-Prince after famous Haitian women.

Learn more:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/20/haitian.wo= mens.movement.mourns/index.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0123/122= 4262927158.html

Source: The Irish Times, CNN, January 23, 25, 2010.

　

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/4/ PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR IMMIGRANT WOMEN

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The YWCA LEAP Program offers "Pre-employment Training and Life S= kills Development for Immigrant Women,"to help the effective settlement of = 15 immigrant women facing multiple barriers. Program objectives include ens= uring immigrant women secure appropriate, safe and affordable housing, achi= eve life skills, such as lifting communication barriers and financial liter= acy, and gaining an understanding of the labour market.

The program begins February 8, 2010 and runs to March 31, 2010. = YWCA staff are now conducting participant intakes.

The program will meet the following criteria:

  • 7.5 hours of workshop facilitation
  • 2 hours of peer group sessions a week, to develop a support= ive peer network for immigrant women by immigrant women (the two-hour sessi= ons will be scheduled at participants=92 convenience).
  • 27 hours of one-on-one counseling sessions (case management= will take place at the YWCA and/or in the participant's home if it is more= convenient).

Note: Childcare is available onsite through the YWCA Childcare C= entre and is free of charge.

　

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/5/ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: TOOLKIT FOR GENDER, SEX AND HEALTH RES= EARCH

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CIHR=92s Institute of Gender and Health is putting together a to= olkit for gender, sex and health research and they want your input. They ar= e looking for research instruments, key publications about research methods= , examples of best practices in gender, sex and health research, and other = relevant research tools. Interest is placed on both established and emergin= g tools, as well as critical appraisals of existing tools. What works? What= doesn=92t? What=92s new?

You don=92t have to be the lead author on a tool to recommend it= . The Institute of Gender and Health will obtain all necessary permissions = before including these resources in the toolkit for gender, sex and health = research.

Send your suggestions (with relevant background materials, if ap= plicable) to Zena Sharman at zsharman@exchange.ubc.ca or call 60= 4-827-3284 by March 1,2010.

Source: CIHR=92s Institute of Gender and Health, January 21, 201= 0.

 

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/6/ CONSEQUENCES OF LONG-DISTANCE CAREGIVING

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As the population of seniors increases and families live further= apart, many Canadians face the challenges of caring for an aging parent fr= om a distance. In 2007, about 1.65 million people aged 45 and older provide= d assistance or care to a parent or a mother- or father-in-law who suffered= from a long-term health problem or physical limitation. Roughly 360,000 of= these individuals, 22 per cent, provided help to a parent, even though the= individual receiving care lived at least an hour away by car.

Read more in issue #89 of Canadian Social Trends:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100126/dq100126a-eng.h= tm .

Get updated information (January 26): "Caring for a parent who l= ives far away: the consequences": http://www.sta= tcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/2010001/article/11072-eng.htm

Click here to see bibliography of publications done by Statistic= s Canada:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ads-annonces/11-= 008-x/subjects-sujets/ads-annonces11008-eng.htm .

Source: Canadian Social Trends, January 26, 2010.

 

 

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/7/ SUMMER FEMALE MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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The Summer Female Mentorship program assists post-secondary stud= ents studying in an area where women are under-represented gain experience.= To be eligible, candidates must be full-time female students at a universi= ty, community college or a recognized trade school, who are returning to st= udy in the fall in fields where women are under-represented.

For more information see http://www.gov.ns.ca/ps= c/v2/jobCentre/careerStarts/

Details on the positions, see http://www.caree= rbeacon.com/corpprof/govns/govns.html .

Source: NS Public Service Commission, February 2, 2010.

　

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/8/ FEW GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MATH ABILITIES

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Girls around the world are not worse at math than boys, yet boys= are more confident in their math abilities. Girls from countries where gen= der equity is more prevalent are more likely to perform better on mathemati= cs assessment tests, according to a new analysis of international research.=

The finding that girls around the world appear to have less conf= idence in their mathematical abilities could help explain why young girls a= re less likely than boys to pursue careers in science, technology, engineer= ing and mathematics. Researchers examined data from the Trends in Internati= onal Mathematics and Science Study and the Programme for International Stud= ent Assessment, representing 493,495 students 14 to16 years old from 69 cou= ntries.

The results show that girls will perform at the same level as th= e boys when they are given the right educational tools and have visible fem= ale role models excelling in mathematics.

Journal Reference: Nicole M. Else-Quest, Janet Shibley Hyde, Mar= cia C. Linn. Cross-National Patterns of Gender Differences in Mathematics: = A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 2010; 136 (1): 103-127.

Source: ScienceDaily, January 6, 2010.

　

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/9/ CALL FOR PAPERS: CHILDCARE AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION CONFE= RENCE

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"It Takes a University: Childcare and Postsecondary Education" w= ill be the first national conference (May 21 to 22) to address the provisio= n of child care on the campuses of universities, colleges and technical ins= titutes. The conference aims to promote a national interdisciplinary dialog= ue, incorporating theory, practice and politics, to improve childcare on ca= mpuses, and increase understanding of the need for childcare in post-second= ary institutions.

Papers from child care advocates and providers and all academic = disciplines related to child care are welcome, including Economics, English= , Education, Family Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Pub= lic Policy, Sociology, Social Work, Women and Gender Studies.

The keynote speaker will be Susan Prentice, a professor of Socio= logy from the University of Manitoba, an expert in child care and instituti= ons of higher learning. The conference will also feature a panel of student= politicians from Canadian universities who are currently addressing child = care on their campuses, relating the practical experiences of student gover= nments to the insights brought by our presenters and speakers.

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010.

Address to: childcareconference@ams.ubc.ca

For more information visit: http://childcareconferen= ce.wordpress.com/about/ .

　

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/10/ GIRLS DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO SURVIVE: A STUDY OF RESILI= ENCE AND RESISTENCE

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The Young Women's Empowerment Project (a community-based youth l= ead project founded in 2001) has just released a report on young women invo= lved in sex work. The group consists of girls, including transgender girls = and young women who have current or past experience with any part of the se= x trade and street economies.

See http://www.youarepriceless.org/node/190 a= nd click on the PDF link at the bottom.

Source: YWEP, http://youarepriceless.org/ .

 

 

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/11/ CANADA SUFFERING FROM HUGE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT

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Canada is experiencing a democratic deficit of trust in Canadian= government and public institutions, showing growing skepticism in politica= l institutions and declining voter turnout rates, according to a new report= by the Institute of Wellbeing on Democratic Engagement.

The report assesses Canadians=92 democratic engagement and measu= res citizen participation in public life and in governance and the function= ing of Canadian governments, concerning openness, transparency, effectivene= ss, fairness, equity and accessibility, and the role individuals and instit= utions play as global citizens.

Report Highlights:
http://www.ciw.ca/Libraries/Documents/Democ= raticEngagement_ReportHighlights.sflb.ashx

For more information visit:
http://www.ciw.ca/en/Media/10-01-27/28897869-1e0d-4= 3d1-be50-dd4d600de367.aspx

Source: Institute of Wellbeing, http://ciw.ca/ , January 27, 2010.

　

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/12/ DID YOU KNOW...

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That February is African Heritage Month? Black History Month was= founded in 1926 in the United States and started as a "week" in February t= o celebrate the history, contributions and culture of African-Americans. In= 1976 that week was expanded to a month, becoming National Black History Mo= nth. In Nova Scotia, the celebration of Black History Month was initiated i= n the early 1980s. It is known as African Heritage Month.

For more information and a calendar of events visit the Office of A= frican Nova Scotian Affairs website at: http://www.gov.ns.ca/ANSA/AHM= Events09.asp .

Also noteworthy:

  • February 1 to 7: Eating Disorders Awareness Week
  • February 7 marks the start of "White Cane Week" in Canada. = The white cane is the international symbol of blindness. Nova Scotia has le= gislation that says only people who are legally blind have the right to use= a white cane.
  • February 12 is Maha Shivaratri. celebrated throughout India= . The event falls on the 14th day of the dark half of 'Margasirsa' (Februar= y-March), a festival observed in honour of Lord Shiva and his marriage to P= arvati.
  • February 14 is Chinese New Year and 2010 is the Year of the= Tiger. The start of the year is guided by the Chinese lunar/solar calendar= . It is known as Chun Jie in Singapore but also Chinese New Year in China a= nd other areas of South East Asia including Australia. Chun Jie means "spri= ngtime" .
  • February 14 is Shambhala Day =96 an important tradition of = Shambhala Buddhism.
  • February 14 is St. Valentine=92s Day.
  • February 15 is Nirvana Day. Observed mainly by Mahayana Bud= dhists, the day commemorates the death of the historical Buddha and his ent= rance to Nirvana. It is a time to contemplate the teachings of the Buddha.<= /li>
  • February 17 is Ash Wednesday. In the Western Christian cale= ndar, it=92s the first day of Lent and occurs 40 days before Easter (exclud= ing Sundays).
  • February 26 is Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muham= mad). While this day is celebrated by some Muslims, others do not approve o= f celebrating the birthday, and regard doing so as a religious innovation.<= /li>

Source: NSG Broadcast] Diversity Round Table , and http://www.gov.ns.ca/an= sa , February 2010.

 

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