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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1989
Page
4
A historical overview links International Women's Day to the 1908 New York shirtwaist factory fire that killed 128 workers, the 1910 proposal by women from 17 countries, and 1913 Russian demonstrations. It notes the suffrage movement, modern opposition groups, and ongoing demands for equality, better conditions, and participation in governance and pay.
The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women reports that nearly 1.5 million Canadian women live in poverty, with 46 percent of women living alone below the poverty line in 1983 and over 60 percent of the 2.5 million poor people in Canada being women. The CACSW urges expanded Canada/Quebec Pension Plans, inclusion of homemakers in the C Q PP, pension credits for part time earners, and a higher Guaranteed Income Supplement to aid senior citizens, but no federal action has yet been taken.
Canadian farm women increasingly balance ownership and operation of farms with off farm work. The 1986 Census shows 13,300 women own farms, many with university training, using modern methods to run goat dairies, cheese production, and other enterprises while managing family life.
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