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of four women urged lo�I polili thguie to
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support them in their bid to haue a say In
municipal politiesi life.
Molly McGhee, DIV•r,sPechla adviser and
author of Worrier) le Rural
audience to expect in
involvement on the Vert of, pail women.
"Docisiona. of 1=1 g01,00Meere have a
pmfowid effect onIvenien, 's lives.p.'edict
that before long 'men will take mudi-upre
action lood POWs," she said. "Sonoone
should be saupdged, say five years down the
line, When *maw besot* the vocal
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McGhee said that harries of the past –low
self esteem, lack of information are
crumbling as women seek to express and
inform themselves through network groups,
for example, and enact their burgeoning
desire to have a say in local political
decisions.
Brenda Ward, a Perth County farmer and
executive board member of Abe Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, said -that elected
inunicipal representatives have an obligation
to first, read McGhee's Women in Rural life
report, and second, work towards implement-
ing its recommendations.
Politicians must never forget how closely
the economic well being of urban areas, and
the country at large, is tied into the health of
ern. Innixt
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old and under.
"How many of these Mee people are
maimed,for Me because of la* of sufficient
ddld core" Word mked.
She *feed studies being eendrieted by
010. ,F into the cold care issue, and urged
rellfiiciPal Polgteialle to pates for the ovation
°faItdacie"adaljk'Ye '**r",depayHveye of the Tovin of
Wingim and CO -owner of *writ* Dairy,
spoke from experience when Shicenien*
that the road to rural polities was not an easy
one for women. However, qualities like
honesty, dedication, and hard %yin* make
their own inroads in the political arena.
Women, she said, must put these attributes
to wait for them.
"How can we be fairly represented unless
more women take part?" she questioned. ,
"All 1 hear are drains, mads, sewers..."
Where,- she asks, is the concern for child care
progorms, and the protest against the elimin-
ation- of indireet-sabefdlee— - „
Valerie- -Boltort;-4extentive director vi
Wornen 'Iliday of Minn County, said the
ehaMilnk le of women can be witnessed in
the growth of informal "kitchen sessions"
into mar movements like the Geneva Park
Turning:Point Conference.
Well organized sessions like tuning Paint
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