Kinesis
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is part of: Kinesis
issued: 2013-08-15
issued: 1976-11-01
description: Vol. V, no. 61
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note: SfCCi.'i C0J.LF.CTW9 KIN€SIS The Feminist News 35c november 76 vol 5 no6l|) Emmeline Pankhurst — Marlene Miller €lection$: feminist issues Life in the Lace Ghetto at VSWf Kinesis means change RAISE THE FEMINIST ISSUES ARE YOUR CANDIDATES SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER ON WOMEN'S ISSUES? OR DON'T THEY KNOW THERE ARE ANY? In preparation for the civic elections which are taking place this month in various parts of the lower mainland, VSW, in cooperation with the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, with Vancouver Rape Relief, with Vancouver Women's Transition House and with the Pooh Corner Daycare Society, have prepared a series of questions concerning women's issues in civic politics. The objective of this questionnaire is to raise consciousness about xromen's issues under municipal government. If you are voting for a particular candidate, or along party lines, we urge you to find out what your candidate's or party's stand is on women's issues. Find out if s/he is committed to feminism. Feminism, as Websters says, is "the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexeso" A person or party committed to feminism cannot, therefore, be working to maintain the ascendancy of a narrow economic elite. Make sure you know where the candidate stands on feminism before giving her or him your mandate. HOUSING Housing is a major area of concern to women in Vancouver. It is a recurrent and serious problem for single-parent women, women earning low wages and women on fixed incomes. Few women can afford to buy or build according to our outmoded cultural ideals. Cooperative housing is one answer to women's housing needs. It is not only economically much more feasible for us, but also offers women a sense of community and self-help usually denied to women in traditional single-detached homes. ASK YOUR CANDIDATE AS A CANDIDATE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IF ELECTED, TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE COOPERATIVE HOUSING IN THIS CITY? WOULD YOU ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE THE BUILDING OF CITY-O…
note: Preceding title: Vancouver Status of Women. Newsletter. Date of publication: 1974-2001. Frequency: Monthly.
has type: Periodicals
has type: Newspapers
identifier: HQ1101.V24 N49
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0045514
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Vancouver Status of Women
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subject: Women--Social and moral questions
subject: Feminism--Periodicals
type: Text