Advocacy

Local

  • Cuts to psychiatric and community mental-health care:
    Take a few moments to  send an e-mail to the Premier, Health Minister and CEO of VIHA, as well as your local MLA, voicing your protest at these cuts. Just think about how hard it would be if your partner, parent, friend or child developed a mental illness and you were told that services to support them no longer existed–in fact, that they would have to wait for help until their problem was severe.

    Send emails to: Hon. Gordon Campbell, Premier of BC premier@gov.bc.ca ; Hon. Kevin Falcon, Minister of Health kevin.falcon.mla@leg.bc.ca ; Howard Waldner, CEO of VIHA howard.waldner@viha.ca

  • BC government inaction invites big box, corporate child care at University of Victoria
  • Read about this issue on the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC website and learn what you can do about it.
  • JOIN THE “STOP BC L IBRARY C UTS” POSTER CAMPAIGN! The government has cut the $17.7 million operating grant that funds province-wide library programs and services – literacy programs for children; inter-library loans; equal access from remote areas; free help with research from experienced librarians. To take part in a campaign demanding that the government restore this essential funding, visit your library to pick up a post card, or go to www.stopbclibrarycuts.ca

National

Up-to-date issues  on the CFUW National website

CFUW Advocacy Updates Newsletter InBrief

International

The International Federation of University Women’s (IFUW) email networks are an excellent way for members to learn about what is happening at the international level and in other countries. To join one or more of these networks, complete the on-line form available at http://www.ifuw.org/networks/subscribe.shtml.

  • IFUW Update Network—monthly IFUW Updates and official announcements
  • IFUW Advocacy Network—information on what is taking place at the UN & other international centres
  • IFUW Discussions Network—thematic discussions on key issues of concern to women and girls, from education and economic empowerment, to sustainable futures and political participation
  • IFUW Young Members Network —linking IFUW members under 40 years of age
  • IFUW Connections Network —a space where individual members can introduce themselves, share information and establish contacts with members in other countries
  • IFUW Environment and Development Network —linking members interested in environment and development issues, especially those related to women and environmental education, whether from volunteer activist or professional viewpoint