Kinesis
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is part of: Kinesis
issued: 2013-08-15
issued: 1977-12-01
description: Vol. VII, no. 1
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note: <r SOCIAL COLLECTIONS Vancouver Status of Women 2029 W 4th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6J1N3 CONTENTS JUDGE BEWLEY thinks women "don't get much brains before they're 30". BCFW responds with a petition demanding his dismissal 1 BIMINI STRIKE continues . . . : 1 INQUIRY INTO CONDITIONS AT OAKALLA'S WOMEN'S UNIT must be made public 1 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 2 UPDATES on GATE, Transition House, Socred Women 3 WAR ACTIONS - nationally 4 WAR ACTIONS - provincially 5 BILL 69 AGAIN - it's NOT working towards full community property 6 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 7, 8 CENTRE FEATURE ON NORTHERN WOMEN'S TASK FORCE BOOKS 13 EVALUATIONS OF WAR ACTION 14, 15, 16 EVENTS 18 ANNOUNCEMENTS, ADS, LETTERS 19 Have a happy Christmas! KING5I5 D€C€MD€R 77 Vol 7 no1 i Vancouver Status of Women V Joyce Weiland's 3 dimensional quilt, "Barren Ground Caribou". Destined tor the Kendall Street stop of the Spadina subway. Kinesis means change so. pagel Feminists Petition For Dismissal CONTEMPT IN THE COURTS by Gayla Reid Provincial Court Judge Les Bewley is at it again. "Women don't get much brains before they're 30", he said in a September 2 ruling. This time, he may not get away with it. In the ruling, Bewley described two female witnesses as "a bunch of clucking females", "silly, stupid girls", "nubile females" who were "no angels either". The case concerns a man who kicked down the door to his ex- girlfriend's home and dragged her at knifepoint into her bedroom. "No big deal," says the judge. "It isn't as if ... he threatened a policeman or something. He's demonstrating his manhood to a little girl." It now looks as if the Judicial Council, governing body for the provincial court judges in B.C., may launch a judicial inquiry The council has the power to recommend that Bewley be removed from the bench. Chief Justice Lawrence Brahan confirmed his intentions of going ahead with the inquiry in a letter written November 4 to the B.C. Federation of Women (BCFW), which demands Bewley's dismissal. "Under the Provincia…
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: 10.14288/1.0045521
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Vancouver Status of Women
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HQ1101.V24 N49
subject: Women--Social and moral questions
subject: Feminism--Periodicals
type: Text