On January 11, 2012 Mayor Nenshi announced the members of the leadership committee that will be responsible for Calgary’s Poverty Reduction initiative – an announcement the Women’s Centre has been eagerly awaiting. For the past year, the Women’s Centre Social Issues Committee has been hard at work on a municipal poverty reduction strategy with a …
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October hosts an array of awareness themes, weeks and days but two that are most relevant to the Women Centre’s current “Work for Change” work are Women’s History Month and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17. During Women’s History Month we will take time to reflect upon women in our …
This Friday the Women’s Centre will be taking part in an important annual event – Take Back the Night. The purpose of Take Back the Night is to create awareness and take a stand against violence against women. The first Take Back the Night event in Canada occurred in 1978. This year’s event will showcase …