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Its time for $10 per day child care

I agree. Thanks to Sharon Gregson and Stephanie Smith who wrote and Op Ed in the Vancouver Sun on March 5, 2013. Its critical to understand how important child care is to women, not just families. According to their article funding childcare is a “no-brainer” since its reduces the $600 million cost of employee turnover,

Quote of the week

“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you!” Isadora Duncan

See Sally Armstrong in Vancouver on March 25

Sally Armstrong, a member of the Order of Canada and three-time Amnesty International Award winner will be speaking in Vancouver on March 25 at 7:30 at st Andrews Wesley on Burrard for $21. She just wrote a new book: Ascent of Women which is getting rave reviews. She shows us that the fight against female oppression

Please do not buy high heel runners for your daughters

Okay enough! Hot off the fashion ramps: Running shoes for young girls that have heels hidden inside! You have to be kidding. I am sure that boys do not have the same shoe fashion. Why on earth would anyone want their young girls to fall more often, walk weirdly and harm their legs and feet

Research shows women are not from Venus

Professor Harry Reis of Rochester University has discovered what women have known all along. We are not from Venus at all! In fact woman are extraordinarily similar to men. “Although there are small average differences between men and women for some qualities such as aggression, there is so much overlap that no trait can be designated

Quote of the week

“While we wait in silence for the final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us.” Audre Lorde

New report show teen girls still suffering

Girls Action Foundation just published a report showing that Canadian girls still grapple with self-harm, violence, harassment and negative body image. Apparently teen girls are using more drugs and alcohol than they have in the past decade. Girls aged 10-14 are 14 times more likley than boys to end up in hospital for trying to commit

Hollywood gender bias is holding women back

Katherine Monk wrote a great article on “testosterone-filled” Hollywood and the so called “Celluloid Ceiling” that keeps women out of the television and movie industries. She collected all the depressing statistics (thank you!) and what I found most interesting was the layers and layers of men and male-based organisations that held women back. This includes male directors, male movie-reviewers, male

How to be a more Conscious and Mindful Parent

I watched the U-Tube video by Dr Shefali Tsabary on conscious parenting. She was in Vancouver this week. I agree with her when she says that parenting involves being more conscious. It sure does. And I am urged to wake up every day by my daughters. But the focus on parenting reminds me that we place

Gold Corp has a program that advances women

I just read about Gold Corp’s (a huge mining company) mentoring program for woman called Creating Choices. Apparently 500 women internationally have graduated from the program that consists of six modules on topics ranging from empowerment to leadership. Wow! I will look into it and of course add it to my collection of “women-advancing initiatives” for