HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-03-20, Page 89Increase political output.
Municipal representatives from across the
province were .told to expect more political
input from ural we as they work to
bridge the gap between town and country and
strengthen rural life in general.
Speaking at the rural section of the
Association of Municipalities of Ontario an-
nual conference in lbronto recently, a panel
of four women urged local political figures to
seek out the advice and talents of woman, and
support them in their bid to have' a say in
municipal political life.
Molly McGhee, OMAF special adviser and
author of Women in Rural Life, told her
audience to exiled increased municipal
involvement on the part of rural women.
"Decisions of local govenunent's have a
profound effect on women's lives. I predict
that before long women will take much more
action in local politics," she said. "So no one
- should be surprised, say five years down the
line, when women become the vocal
mapn ty "
McGhee said that barriers of the past - low
self esteem, lack of information - are
crumbling as women seek to express and
infonn themselves through network groups,
for example, and enact their burgeoning
desire to have a say in local political
dedsions.
Brenda Ward, a Perth County farmer and
executive board member of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, said that elected
municipal representatives have an obligation
to first, read McGhee's Women in Rural Life
report, and second, work towards implement-
ing its mecomnmmendations.
Fbliticians must never forget how closely
e economic well being of urban areas, and
the country at large, is tied into the health of
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the agriculture sector, the said.
"You need us to turn around the country's
economy," Wand stated.
She noted that aooessbile, affordable child
care services are of utmost concern to rural
women. The pressing need for such programs
becomes even more evident in light of
statistics vgrich state that 56 per cent of all
fano injuries happen to children three yearns
old and under.
"How many of these little people are c
maimed for life because of lack of sufficient
child Bare?" Ward .asks, . L
She praised studies being conducted by
OMAF into the child care issue, and urged P
municipal politicians to press for the creation
of adequate centras.
Patricia Bailey, deputy reeve of the Town of A
W ingham and co-owner of Sunrise Dairy N
spoke from experience when she confessed D
that the road to rural politics was not an easy
one for women. However, qualities like
honesty, dedication, and hard work make
their own inroads in the political arena. S
Women, she said, must put these attributes A
to
work for them.
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