The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-03-20, Page 57Increase political output
Municipal representatives from across the
province .\were told to expect more political
input from rural women as they work to
bridge the gap between town and country and
strengthen rural lifer general.
Speaking at the rural section of the
Association of Municipalities of Ontario an-
nual conference in Toronto recently, a panel
of four women urged local political figures to
seek out the advice and talents of women, 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 expect increased municipal ,
involvement on the part of rural women.
"Decisions of total goveniment'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
majority "
McGhee said that barriers 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 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 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
the agriculture sector, she said.
"You need us to tum amund the c)untry's
economy," Ward stated.
She noted that acosssbile, affordable child
care services are of utmost concern to rural
° women. The pressing need for such programs
becomes even more evident in tight of
statistics which state that 56 per cent of all
farm injuries happen to children three years
old and under.
"How many of these little people are
maimed for life because of lade of sufficient
child care?" Ward asked.
She praised studies being oanducted by
' OMAF into the child, care issue, and urged
municipal politicians to press for the creation
of adequate centres.
Patricia Bailey, deputy reeve of the'Ibwn of
Wingham and co-owner of Sunrise Dairy,
spoke from experience when she confessed
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.
Woman, she said, must put these attributes
to work for them.
"How can we be fairly represented unless
morewomen take part?" she questioned.
"MI I hear are drains, roads, sewers..."
Where, she asks, is the concern for child care
programs, and the protest against the elimin-
ation of indirect subsidies? -
Valerie Bolton, executive director of
Women Today of Huron County, said. the
changing role of women can be witnessed in
the growth of informal ' `kitdren sessions"
into major movements like the Geneva Park
Turning' I'bint conference.
Well organized sessions like Turning Pbint
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