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Since 1910, International
Women’s Day has commen-
orated the struggles of
women in the work place,
in school, and in society
the world over.

JOIN US!!!

Sponsored by the Selkirk
College Student Society and

your local student union
affiliated with the Canadian
Federation of Students.

On March 8, 1908, women
garment workers in New
Yorks’s Lower East Side
marched in the streets to
demand an end to sweat-
shop conditions after 128
women were killed in a
fire at the Triangle Shirt-
waist factory. In Copen-
hagen, in 1910, at a con-
ference attended by 100
women from 17 countries,
it was proposed that March
8 be set aside as Inter-
national Women’s Day to
commemorate this event.
International Women’s Day
was to be a day of world-
wide solidarity and action
among women.

Quickly it became ap-
parent that the right to
vote wasn’t the only issue

' International Women’s —
Day on Monday —

in women’s fight for equal-
ity, and the day became
the first international show
of militancy for and by
working women. In 1911
March 8 was celebrated for
the first time in Austria,
Denmark, Germany, and
Switzerland. Men stayed
at home with the children
while women met and par-
ticipated in demonstrations.
In Austria alone, 30,000
women and men marched
in the streets.

In Canada, with the
rebirth of the women’s
liberation movement,

women have again claimed
March 8 as a day when
we can examine the past
years’ progress in the many
struggles that unite us,
and celebrate our continu-
ing commitment to liber-
ation. |

MARCH AND,RALLY:
Saturday, March 06

March from Victory Square
11:00 a.m.

Ratiy at Old Courthouse
12:00 noon

WOMEN’S DANCE
Saturday, March 06

West End Community
Centre 8:00 p-m.,
tickets $4.00

 

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SPONSORED BY THE SELKIRK COLLEGE STUDENT SOCIETY
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AFFILIATED WITH THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF STUDENTS

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threatened to withdraw the
funding of the only
four rape crisis centres in
B.C. This comes at a time
when violence against
women, in our homes and
on the streets, is increas-
ing. In Canada, a woman
is raped every 17 minutes;
in Canada, one women in
ten in a relationship is
battered.

- the wage gap between
women and men continues
to increase. In 1982, for
every dollar a working man
brings home, a working wo-
men brings home $.59 the
trade union movement,
fueled by the anger of its
women members will make
“equal pay for work of
equal value’ the labour
issue of the 80’s.

- in the last four months
welfare payments have
been dramatically reduced.

tits about —

Most welfare recipients are

women raising children
alone. In addition to
‘having money for food
taken away from them,

these women have been
told to go out and find jobs.
This comes at a time when
over one million people
are unemployed in Canada.
- even though the provincial
government has said other-
wise, there are still no-
where near enough daycare
space’ for children of
working people. The num-
bers of spaces in B.C. has
gone down steadily in the
last 10 years. Every
mother wants quality care
for her child when she is
working; in B.C., for each
child in daycare, there are
at least 18 waiting for a
place.

- Canadian women who
raise children and build a
family life in a time of
unemployment and econo-

Womyn’s Centre showing 3: << 33:5;

‘Nota Love Story’

The Douglas College Women’s Centre is pleased
to present a screening of the film ‘‘Not a Love
Story - a film about Pornograpy’’ on Wednesday,
March 10th, 1982 at McBride Site, Room N308abcd at

1830 hours.

“Not a Love Story’’, by the very nature of its
subject, contains some sexually explicit scenes. While
these may be émbarrassing and, in some cases,

shocking, none has been used gratuitously.

No

amount of verbal description could adequately recreate

the impact of the images themselves.

Only by

seeing them can the viewer begin to fully realize
the enormous impact of pornographic imagery on

our society.

- National Film Board

Community members are welcome to attend, however

this screening is open to WOMEN ONLY.

Time

will be allowed following the screening of the film
to permit viewers to share and discuss their re-

actions, if they wish.

Folr more information, please contact Marian Exmann

DEPARTMENT: Women’s
Centre

POSITION: Work Study
Student Assistant, Conduct
a Needs Survey
LOCATION: McBride Site
DUTIES: - developing the
survey

- making printing/publica-
tion arrangements intern-
ally

- actually conducting the
survey

 

in the Women’s Centre at McBride Site local 260.

Position Open

- collating responses
QUALIFICATIONS: Must
be receiving financial aid,
Preferrably student enrolled
in Sociology/Psychology
courses or experience with
Statistics

HOURS: 180 hours
‘WAGES: $5.00 per hour

CONTACT: Student Place-

ment, McBride 521-4851,
local 215
Winslow 939-6611, local 15

 

mic crisis, face a tremen-
dous and lifelong respon-
sibility. The federal
government still refuses to
acknowledge this invaluable
work, by failing to develop
coverage for housewives
under the Canada Pension
Plan which is comparable to
the coverage for people
who work in paid employ-
ment outside the home.

- Lesbians, women who are
also working and raising
children, can lose their
jobs, their homes and their
children. This is because,
as women, they are some-
times hated and often
discriminated against.

- across the country and
particularly in B.C., racist
attacks are on the fise.
Native and immigrant
women, who must endure|-
both racism and sexism
often bear the burden of
attacks by organizations
like the Ku Klux Klan.

- throughout the world, wo-

and their families. The

economic and _ political
power of corporations and
governments of wealthy

countries make the condit-
ions in the poor countries
even worse. Despite
this, in Central America,
in the Phillipines, in South
Africa, and _ elsewhere,
women have joined in —
movements to gain national
- and women’s - liberation.
These are just a few
examples of the work that
is being done by women,
and

and the work that we must
still do. It is clear to
us that the best guarantee
of our liberation - and
we will be liberated - will
come from our own efforts
to organize and demand our
rights. Our history shows
that women have never -
and will never - give up this
struggle!
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY
Come and learn what the
Port Coquitlam are
women’s centre has been
doing in the community and
join with us in celebrating
International women’s Day.
Coffee and _ refreshments
will be served.
Monday, March 8 from
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
The Port Coquitlam area
women’s centre is located
at the corner of Chester
and Coquitlam Avenue,
Port Coquilam. 941-6311