| NB Women's News – February 8, 2010 |
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NB Women's News – February 8, 2010 - A service of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women To unsubscribe, reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in text. (Défilez vers le bas pour la version française) THEN THERE’S THE EMPLOYERS FROM THE DARK SIDENew Brunswick employers who implement “equality at work” measures – fair hiring and promotion measures, anti-bullying practices, a family friendly culture etc – will soon be able to apply to the government for the designation of an “Equality at Work” workplace… That’s the least of the reasons to do it… Employers who qualify for that designation will get the unwavering loyalty of their employees, especially the women. They’ll also increase the creativity and productivity of their workers… Smart employers already know that equality at work is its own reward… Then there’s the employers from, let’s say, the dark side. The kind the following women had, in cases seen by the Advisory Council: the woman who called her employer because her child had 102 degree fever and was told to come to work anyway or not bother coming back; the woman whose co-worker bullied and mocked her to the amusement of her boss; the executive secretary who was told of course she was paid less than the mail clerk because the clerk had a wife to support; the group of women who kept count and found over time that about 8 women out of 10 who applied for internal promotions were never even interviewed; the woman who had arrived minutes after an early morning meeting had started and whose boss said during the meeting that she would not be asked to sit on a new committee since she evidently had too much to handle, between her duties as a mother, a wife and work. Those employers likely have a problem retaining employees but, as Leigh Branham wrote, so many more employees quit and stay - disengage - than quit and leave, that employee turnover is the tip of the iceberg … - Excerpts, column by Chairperson Elsie Hambrook, 14 Jan 2010, http://76.12.152.213/media/acsw/files/Columns/employer%20designation%20Jan%2014.pdf *******NB Women’s News ******* NOTICE, RESOURCES, EVENTS We Don’t Work For Peanuts! – the play. Book a performance for March or April. Coalition for Pay Equity’s first English-language tour for this hard hitting comedy about pay equity (with professional actresses). In a fictitious world, the female parrots are paid with peanuts (instead of almonds). 855-0002;
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It’s in His Jeans, Not His Genes - Presentation by Bill Patrick, Gender Justice Collaborator. How evolutionary arguments about rape undermine our attempts to end sexual assault, Wed 10 Feb 7 pm, UNB Art Centre. Free. 453-4623. Women in Politics – Media, Parties and Voters – 2 Lunch & Learns with Dr. Joanna Everitt, UNBSJ prof. of politics whose research examines voting behaviour in Canadian elections, gender differences in public opinion, and the impact of media coverage. Noon to 2 pm: Fri 12 Feb 2010, Fredericton Public Library. Fri 19 Feb 2010, Saint John Free Public Library. Light lunch. Free. You must pre-register:
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. Trades Training Programs for Marginalized Women - Case study has practical application for creating meaningful access to post-secondary education. George Brown College pre-apprenticeship trades programs for women who have experienced violence, abuse, and poverty. www.preparedminds-preparedplaces.com/documents/BPG/GeorgeBrownCollege.pdf Aboriginal Women and Leadership – About a dozen workshops across Canada (incl. Miramichi & Tobique First Nation) are planned in Feb- March by the Cdn Assoc. for Advancement of Women in Sport providing personal & professional development for Aboriginal women. Content developed by & for Aboriginal women; http://caaws.ca/e/leadership/program/aboriginal_worshops.cfm Amplify Toolkit - New free manual & workshop guide to help design and deliver programs for girls & young women, “best practice” activities. Girls Action Foundation of Montreal. Incl.25 workshops that can be adapted. Register for their monthly conference call training. Upcoming on 17 Feb 2010, Fundraising in 2010. Manual, www.girlsactionfoundation.ca/files/Pre-Launch_Amplify_2009_0.pdf Workshop Guide, www.girlsactionfoundation.ca/files/workshop_guide_08.pdf
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. *******NB Women’s News ******* WOMEN IN POLITICSJoanna Everitt, who studies media and gender in Canada, notes male leaders have "fewer sex-typed images applied to them." Given politics is still a male dominated field; it is not surprising that newsrooms covering politics are generally, male dominated as well. Everitt says political reporting generally, "employs a masculine narrative that reinforces conceptions of politics as a male preserve and treats male as normative reinforcing the image that politics is something men do." A study conducted by Jennifer Lawless & Richard Fox, uncovered a significant gender gap in how women perceive themselves as potential candidates for office. Even when men & women possessed similar qualifications, women were more than twice as likely as men to believe they were not qualified to run for office… - Excerpts, Encyclopedia Britannica, Women in Politics: Still Searching for an Equal Voice. www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/31737893/Women-in-Politics-Still-Searching-for-an-Equal-Voice N.S. NDPer denounces party - Pamela Harrison, a past treasurer of the Nova Scotia NDP & former constituency pres., left the party Friday because there's been no sign of the NDP government elected in June being any different, and not enough action on social justice issues. "I believed that the party's stated vision of 'a better deal for today's families' included those with mental health concerns, … single moms, the homeless and women experiencing violence… Wrong again … and how foolish I feel, to have imagined that the hundreds of resolutions passed at provincial council were more than an exercise in the creation of 'NDP Believers.' " Harrison, a long-time social activist focusing on women's issues, said she saw the same lack of decorum in the legislature last fall as with past governments, and criticized the government for looking at raising the harmonized sales tax. "That is the most regressive tax that anybody could put on the citizens, and those who have the least will be impacted the most by that tax.” - Excerpt, NDP stalwart quits, David Jackson, Chronicle-Herald, 6 Feb 2010. *******NB Women’s News ******* FAMILY COURT IN N.B.In an unusual move, a Court of Queen's Bench judge has spoken out against the NB government, saying he feels betrayed. "I thought long and hard before agreeing to make this speech, but some things need to be said," Justice Raymond Guerette told a meeting of the provincial branch Canadian Bar Assoc. incl. former justice ministers T.J. Burke & Mike Murphy. 'Judges are supposed to keep quiet on public issues, but there is one exception - when it comes to the proper administration of justice.' Guerette chaired a task force in 2008-09 looking at ways to make it easier and cheaper for people to get a divorce. But the government has instead made it more difficult and more expensive, he said… Guerette wondered who is in charge at the dept of justice, although Attorney General Kelly Lamrock wasn't there to hear it because he left early to coach a game. The Access to Family Justice Task Force made 50 recommendations, including providing consensual dispute resolution options… Shortly after the task force released its report, the province cut the jobs of 14 court mediators. "And legal aid was reduced. Instead of going forward, we were going backwards," - Judge feels 'betrayed' by N.B. government, 5 Feb 2010, CBC News www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/05/nb-family-law-problems.html#ixzz0ewWQMLLx A Dieppe woman is calling on the N.B. government to follow through on changes to address the disarray in the family court system. Cheryl Marr said she agrees with the main recommendation of the Access to Family Justice task force - moving away from an adversarial process to more mediation… Marr is a member of a group that meets to try to get the province to implement the recommendations. The report said the court system has worsened because of a variety of factors, including an almost 50% jump in people without lawyers." - Excerpts, N.B. woman, 1 Feb 2010, CBC, www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/01/nb-family-court-lamrock-633.html The College of Psychologists of NB is urging the government to act upon a report calling for an overhaul to the family court system… Pres. Dr. Jane Walsh: "There is a lot at stake in terms of the mental health of the families and children involved." … Jula Hughes, a UNB law professor who co-authored a report on legal aid in 2007, also voiced concern with the family court and legal aid systems. Hughes has said legal aid is so "riddled with gaps" it calls into question N.B.’s justice system… N.B.’s ombudsman said the province's plan to launch a pilot project to test the recommendations of the report did not go far enough to address the problems of family court. Bernard Richard said. "We're piloting something that's already working in other jurisdictions." - Excerpts, Grits urged, Brett Bundale, Telegraph-Journal, 1 Feb 2010 *******NB Women’s News ******* AS SOON AS YOU ARE NO LONGER LIVING TOGETHER….. you are considered separated. You need not take any further action to make it “legal”. Many people think they must get a court order to be “legally” separated. This is not the case. The law does not require you to have an agreement or a court order to be legally separated. Eventually you will need to work out family law matters such as custody and access (if you have children), support, division of property and rights to pensions. This usually means you will need a written agreement or court order... - Excerpt from a new publication, When Couples Separate, Public Legal Education and Information Service of N.B., 2009 www.legal-info-legale.nb.ca/en/uploads/file/pdfs/When_Couples_Separate_EN.pdf *******NB Women’s News ******* RISE IN TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE IN U.S. (AND IN N.B.)The teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. has jumped for the first time in over a decade, raising alarm that the long campaign to reduce teen motherhood is faltering. The rate increased 3% between 2005 & 2006, the first jump since 1990… “One of the nation's shining success stories of the past two decades is in danger of unraveling," said Sarah Brown of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Several experts blamed the increase on sex-education programs that focus on encouraging abstinence. Others said the reversal could be due to a variety of factors, including an increase in poverty, complacency about AIDS, prompting lax use of birth control such as condoms. "It could be a lot of things coming together," said Rebecca Maynard, a professor of economics & social policy at U. of Pennsylvania. "It could be we just bottomed out, and whenever you are at the bottom, it tends to wiggle around.” - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/25/AR2010012503957.html Rise in teenage pregnancy rate spurs new debate on arresting it, Rob Stein, 26 Jan 2010, Washington Post *******NB Women’s News ******* AS THEY SAYThe arrangement of your features is not totally repulsive to me. - Cyd Charisse to Fred Astaire in the 1957 film "Silk Stockings". Subscribe to this weekly e-newsletter by emailing
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with "SUBSCRIBE NB Women's News"; or visit our site www.acswcccf.nb.ca, click on Sign up for email news. BILINGUAL? Read on! Not all of NB Women's News is translated. Unilingual events or resources are described in that language only. Nota: The distribution list for this email is under "bcc" in order to avoid displaying a long list of recipients. Visit our internet site for news, events and documents on New Brunswick women: www.acswcccf.nb.ca. ___________________________________________________________ LA RAISON ULTIME D’ÊTRE UN BON EMPLOYEUR
Les employeurs néo brunswickois qui mettent en œuvre l’« égalité au travail » - en adoptant des pratiques équitables en matière d’embauche et d’avancement, en prenant des mesures contre l'intimidation ou en établissant une culture favorable à la famille - pourront bientôt demander au gouvernement la désignation « Égalité au travail ». Les employeurs découvriront qu’une telle désignation comporte encore de bien meilleurs avantages. Les employeurs qui remplissent les conditions exigées pour cette désignation obtiendront la loyauté indéfectible de leurs employés, surtout des femmes. Ils constateront également une amélioration de la créativité et du rendement de leurs employés, ce qui est de bon augure pour le bénéfice net de l'entreprise… Les employeurs avisés savent déjà que l’égalité au travail constitue une récompense en soi. La désignation servira à confirmer qu’ils sont de bons employeurs et de bons membres de la collectivité… - Tiré d’une chronique de la présidente Elsie Hambrook, 14 janv 2010, http://76.12.152.213/media/acsw/files/Columns%20FR/employer%20designation%20Jan%2014%20FR.pdf ******* NouvELLES ******* AVIS, RESSOURCES, ÉVÉNEMENTS
Résonnance: Boîte à outils pour la création d'espaces et de programmes pour filles. Conçue pour alimenter et inspirer votre travail auprès des filles. Formations à distance (conférence téléphonique mensuelle). Le prochain : Le Financement en 2010, le 17 fév, en anglais. Boîte à outils : www.girlsactionfoundation.ca/fr/resonnance-boite-a-outils-pour-la-creation-despaces-et-de-programmes-pour-filles-0 ;
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******* NouvELLES ******* L’ÉTAT DE NOS TRIBUNAUX FAMILIAUX
Un comité mandaté par le gouvernement du N.-B. afin de trouver des solutions pour remédier aux difficultés des cours familiales est très déçu de l'inaction dans ce dossier. Des réductions dans les budgets de l'aide juridique et l'abolition du service de médiation qu'effectuaient les travailleurs sociaux provoquent des engorgements et des délais déraisonnables. Le ministre du Développement social, Kelly Lamrock : « Le fait que l'accès à la cour est un droit national, ça doit être une préoccupation du gouvernement national ». Ce n'était pas la réponse que voulaient entendre les membres du groupe de travail sur la justice familiale. «Si le gouvernement voulait inviter le gouvernement fédéral, il aurait pu le faire avant aujourd'hui », affirme Michelle Boudreau Dumas. - L'inaction, 6 fév 2010, Radio-Canada. Rapport du Groupe de travail sur l’accès à la justice familiale : www.gnb.ca/0062/FamilyJustice/FinalReport-f.pdf. ******* NouvELLES ******* LES FEMMES ET LE JOURNALISME EN ACADIE
En Acadie, si les femmes devancent leurs homologues masculins en termes de délivrance de diplômes – y compris en Information-communication à l’Université de Moncton – depuis de nombreuse années, ces diplômées occupent le plus souvent les emplois devenus traditionnels pour les femmes dans les médias (journalistes, assistantes à la réalisation, voire réalisatrices) alors que leurs confrères de classe ont accédé depuis la fin de leurs études aux postes de premier plan en termes de visibilité et de prise de parole…. À la radio de Radio-Canada Atlantique, au cours de la saison 2007-2008, trois émissions locales d’information ponctuent la programmation quotidienne du lundi au vendredi …toutes animées par des hommes… Aux Maritimes, à 18 h, les hommes assument les postes de chefs d’antenne tant à la Société Radio Canada que chez les anglophones de la CBC NB, de ATV et de Global Maritimes. - Extraits de l’article La féminisation du journalisme en Acadie : un enjeu démocratique, Marie-Linda Lord, Chaire de recherche en études acadiennes, U. de Moncton, dans Interrelations femmes-médias dans l’Amérique française, sous la direction de Josette Brun, Les presses de l’Université de Laval, 2009. ******* NouvELLES ******* Nouvelle publication RÉSOUDRE LES QUESTIONS DÉCOULANT D’UNE SÉPARATION AU N.-B.
Si votre relation de couple s’est terminée, vous devriez examiner les possibilités qui s’offrent à vous pour régler les questions de droit de la famille. Vous et votre partenaire pouvez déterminer les détails de vos droits et responsabilités l’un envers l’autre et envers vos enfants et préparer une « entente de séparation ». Il se peut que vous puissiez… parvenir à une entente ensemble ou deviez avoir à faire appel aux services d’un médiateur ou d’avocats pour régler des différends. Une fois qu’ils seront parvenus à une entente… les époux devraient chacun de leur côté demander à un avocat d’examiner l’entente. L’entente pourra être déposée au tribunal par la suite. Les termes de l’accord seront considérés obligatoires si le juge les approuve. Si vous ne pouvez pas vous entendre…, vous devez faire une demande au tribunal et un juge décidera. - Tiré d’une nouvelle publication, Lorsqu'un couple se sépare, Service public d'éducation et d'information juridiques du N.-B., 2009 www.legal-info-legale.nb.ca/fr/uploads/file/Files/PDF/When_Couples_Separate_FR.pdf ******* NouvELLES ******* L’ACQUISITION DES STÉRÉOTYPES
Les stéréotypes s’acquièrent de diverses sources : Certains reposent sur les normes et les croyances de notre culture - en regardant la télévision, en discutant avec des proches. Les stéréotypes sont aussi transmis par les institutions de notre société : famille, école, etc. Certains nous parviennent de notre expérience directe; s’il nous arrive d’interagir avec une femme de carrière qui nous semble froide mais très compétente, il se pourrait que nous commencions à croire que toutes les femmes de carrière sont froides et compétentes. - Tiré de Entre le rose et le bleu, Conseil du statut de la femme au Québec, 2010 www.csf.gouv.qc.ca ******* NouvELLES ******* TEL QUEL
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