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              N e u t r i t i o n c o u r s e s s t u d i e d at b r a n c h l e v e l and members a s s i s t ed
t e a c h e r s and Home E c o n o m i s t s to p r o m o t e b e t t e r b a l a n c e d d i e t s i n s c h o o l s
and " Junk Foods became a no! no',' to many s t u d e n t s.
Consumers do y o u r e a l i z e the p e r c e n t a g e of non f o o d a r t i c a l s s o ld
i n food o u t l e t s ? Is i t a l l food i n y o u r g r o c e r y c a r t?
A l c o h o l and Drug Abuse has been a t o p i c of c o n c e r n to many members.
A M i n i C o n f e r e n c e of A s s o c i a t e d C o u n t r y Women of t h e W o r l d was h e ld
November 12- 14, 1981 i n W i n n i p e g . E v e r y t h i n g was r e a d y f o r the A. C. W. W.
C o n f e r e n c e h e l d at V a n c o u v e r , June 19- 29, 1983.
A C a n a d i a n , M r s . A. W a t t , became the f i r s t P r e s i d e n t of A s s o c i a t e d
C o u n t r y Women o f t h e W o r l d i n 1933 at S t o c k h o l m , Sweden. F i f t y y e a rs
l a t e r , d u r i n g the s e v e n t e e n t h t r i e n n i a l C o n f e r e n c e of A. C. W. W. a n o t h er
C a n a d i a n , Dr. E l l e n McLean of N o v a S c o t i a , became the n i n t h P r e s i d e n t.
D r . McLean l i v e d as a c h i l d at S t a n d a r d ( e a s t of S t r a t h m o r e ) .
S e n a t o r M r s . M a r t h ( Joe) B i e l i s h s e r v e d as A. C. W. W. A r e a V ic
P r e s i d e n t f o r Canada from 1980 to 1983, and h e r home i s W a r s p i t e , A l b e r t a.
A c a p i t a l fund," The Mrs. A l f r e d Watt M e m o r i a l Fund" was s e t up.
E a c h C a n a d i a n S o c i e t y of A s s o c i a t e d C o u n t r y Women of t h e W o r l d was
i n s t r u c t e d to i n v e s t i t s ' s p o r t i o n , w i t h i n t e r e s t from t h i s fund
c o v e r i n g expences f o r one d e l e g a t e f r o m each S o c i e t y to a t t e n d t h e
A. C. W. W. Counci1 m e e t i n g the year p r i o r to t h e t r i e n n i a l c o n f e r e n c e.
Two L a n d r o v e r s w e r e bought to t r a v e l to t h e out l y i n g a r e a s of
L e s o t h o .
" W i s h i n g W e l l s f o r Kenya." W i t h m a t c h i n g g r a n t s $ 32,000 was s e n t to
K e n y a t o p u t w a t e r pumps i n many many v i l l a g e s.
$ 4,000 was s e n t f o r sewing and k n i t t i n g m a c h i n e s for the M a h i l a
S a m i t y Women's A s s o c i a t i o n in B a n g l a d e s h.
L a n d Use B r i e f b e i n g p r e p a r e d w i t h H o l l y H a l l e t as c o r d i n a t o r . The
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s and r e p o r t on M a i n t a i n i n g and E x p a n d i n g the A g r i c u l t u r a l
L a n d Base i n A l b e r t a was p r i n t e d , December 1984, by t h e E n v i r o n m e nt
C o u n c i l of A l b e r t a .
A p r o p o s e d A l b e r t a C o u n c i l on Women's A f f a i r s i s c l o s e to becomming
a r e a l i t y , p o s s i b l y s t i l l i n 1985. D i s c u s s i o n s on Women c o p i n g w i th
r e c e s s i o n . When we l o o k at W i f e B a t t e r i n g our aim must be t w o f o l d . We
must p r o t e c t the women who a r e b a t t e r e d , l i s t e n to them, b e l i e v e them,
h e l p them get out o f a f r i g h t e n i n g s i t u a t i o n . We must a l s o look to the
b a t t e r e r and t h e f a m i l y to b r e a k the c y c l e.
A b r i e f from A l b e r t a Women's I n s t i t u t e on " P o r n o g r a p h y and P r o s t i t u t i o n 1
to the F r a s e r C o m m i s s i o n by M r s . A i l e e n K r i t z i n g e r . She has s p o k e ^ a t s e v e r al
p o r n o g r a p h i c awareness s e s s i o n s and s h o c k e d , d e a 1 i n g i n a r e a s o f i n c e s t,
c h i l d p o r n p g r a p h y , v i o l e n c e a g a i n s t women, rape and t o r t u r e . It i s a p p a l l i n g
t o t h i nk ch i I dr en are viewirg these r e n t e d v i d e o tapes w h i c h you and i
c o u l d not b e a r to w a t c h . Only i n k n o w i n g the p r o b l e m , no m a t t e r how a w f u l,
can our members seek s o l u t i o n s and t a k e a c t i o n.
The A l b e r t a Women's I n s t i t u t e s and Women o f U n i f a r m a r e a s s i s t i ng
A l b e r t a A g r i c u l t u r e promote S a f e t y P r o g r a m s . Many w o r k s h o p s have been
t a u g h t to t h e p u b l i c and w e l l r e c e i v e d i n many s c h o o l s . A D i s a b l ed
F a r m e r s C o n f e r e n c e was h e l d w i t h g r e a t s u c c e s s . A f i r s t for A l b e r t a
w h e r e f e l l o w s and g a l s were t h e r e t o a s k q u e s t i o n s and e x c h a n g e ideas
to h e l p each o t h e r t o s t a y on t h e i r farms. It was a r e v e l a t i o n to see
how m a i n l y p a r a p a l e g i c or p e o p l e w i t h a r t i f i c i a l limbs a r e c o p i n g and
d i v i s i n g means so t h e y can o p e r a t e t h e i r own m a c h i n e r y.
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