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Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staff â€" Now that they are being recognized as a significant political force, women can use their influence to bring about social and legislative change, said Doris Anderson, pastâ€"president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) and columnist for the Toronto Star Aliderson was in Kitchener Monday evening to address members of the Waterloo County Women Teacher‘s Association at their annual meeting. With leadership candidates discussing women‘s issues and the prospect of an upcoming election, women can use their new political influence to bring about change, Anderson said. ‘‘The time was never better to press on these issues. As long as politicians could take polls and say there was no percentage difference between the voting patterns of men and women, nothing happened. This is changing and should change." do eR NT se PeRERAENE S "At the leadership convention, pressure can be put on candidates to declare where they stand on women‘s issues," she said. The former NAC president told her audience that as teachers, they can play a pivotal role in effecting social and political change. Local program coâ€"ordinator Bill Hunter checks donations made to the Lions Club‘s Journey For Sight program. Chronicte photo ; | j «#7" \. _ [A + C g «_ f E LJ.‘ s C t t "gy2m:ar: <sge s 4T \. Th f 3‘“‘ e i ‘ Tt es +o k k 7 .VX *® d se e € a $ ;A 9 ifi’ *fi ?{d( Ld lt & ts e 79 ' _# 'fl"; t &3 *â€" .B Wiliinbitiniaice» uis ONIARIO GOVERNMENI GUIDE BOOKS FOR SENIORCIITIZENS AND DISABLED PERSONS. As © In the schools, it will be their responsibility to prepare _ and noisy part of the revolution." young girls for the challenges of a more egalitarian And while progress may seem slow, a look back at the society. Anderson feels that girls are stll being raised to _ last 100 years will reveal the significant strides women believe the marriage mflt:\ â€" tl:lat th;lay will be nsewept away _ have made in achieving social equality, Anderson said. by Prince Charming and live happily ever after. . As a result, they are making poor career choices opting One hundred years ago, women had no rights at ‘:l' ~ out of sciences and maths and thereby limiting their they could not vote, hold public office, go to university, choice of future careers, she said. had no control over their money or even their children. "As role models yourselves, you can have tremendous Twenty years ago, it was still considered acceptable to influence on how both boys and girls look at themâ€" _ P2Y M\ and women, doing the same job, different rates seives " of pay and only in the last 10 years has society begun to According to Anderson, the NAC is planning to take an recognize and address such problems as wife battering active role this year in helping women become better child abuse or sexual harrassment in the workplace, she informed about issues affecting them. Plans are already said. underway for meetings with leadership candidates and Anderson also feels significant legislative gains have the organization is preparing questionnaires and election _ been made, particularly with the passage of family law kits which will be available to individuals and women‘s _ reform in each of the provinces and in the achievement of groups. She urged the teachers to obtain the kits so they _ changes to laws governing sexual assault and rape. can become more active in the current campaign and Still, despite these advances, much remains to be done upcoming election. to improve the lot of elderly women and single mothers " Ond Lo oegoneg 5 e ar e nc aa c 2. 2 4e 42 c kE222 2k waadad wafarme in Amntarin‘c family laws ?;dem%r;svgn}!'that she is often asked, mostly by men, if the women‘s movement has ended. _ _ "It will never be over until the social revolution (has been achieved,)" she said. ‘"This has ceased to be a women‘s movement, that embodies children and men, but an ongoing social revolution that has been in progress for centuries. The last 15 to 20 years have just been a visible Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staftf If you happen to come across any old eyeglasses or hearing aids while doing the spring cleaning, don‘t toss them out â€" give them to the Waterioo Lions Club. According to club member George Harper, what may be garbage to you could provide the gift of sight or sound to someone in a third world country, where health care systems are inadeâ€" quate to meet the needs of its people. For this reason, Waterioo Lions this year are participating in the Journey for Sight program undertaken two years ago by the international Lions club. The local group has added its own variation to the program, however, because along with eyeglasses, they are collecting used hearing aids, for distribution in underdeveloped countries around the world. Program coâ€"ordinator Bill Hunter said that early in May collection boxes were installed in five locations throughout the city: Mr. Grocer in Westmount Place, the Zehrs stores at Conestoga and Glenridge Maills, Grandma Lees in Waterloo Lion‘s Club seeking hearing aid donations Scmor citizens, disabled persons and concerned agencies will be interested in two new publications published by the Provinâ€" cial Secretaniat for Social Development. The "Guide for Senior Citizens" and the"Guide to Programs and Services for Disabled Persons" each offer a comâ€" plete listing of government programs and services available to assist disabled persons and seniors These guides are excelâ€" lent reference publications for any senior or disabled person who wants to make the most of the many opportunities which are offered in the Province s this year are Sight program e international added its own rever, because any old doing the give them of Ontario. The Secretariat will automatically send the "Guide for Senior Cit1â€" zens" to every person in the province when they reach 65 years of age. Secretariat for Social Development To obtain a copy of either the"Guide for Senior Citizens" or the "Guide to Programs and Services for Disabled Persons? write the Secretanat for Social Development. c/o Government Services, PO Box 102, Toronto, Ontano M7A IN3 »Ontario Gordon Dean, Provincial Secretary William ODavis, Premier One hundred years ago, women had no rights at all, â€" they could not vote, hold public office, go to university, had no control over their money or even their children. Twenty years ago, it was still considered acceptable to pay men and women, doing the same job, different rates of pay and only in the last 10 years has society begun to recognize and address such problems as wife battering child abuse or sexual harrassment in the workplace, she said. Anderson also feels significant legislative gains have been made, particularly with the passage of family law reform in each of the provinces and in the achievement of changes to laws governing sexual assault and rape. _ Still, despite these advances, much remains to be done to improve the lot of elderly women and single mothers, to achieve muchâ€"needed reforms in Ontario‘s family laws and to increase women‘s participation in govenment where, at present, only five per cent of elected representatives are female, she said. ‘r.-A‘iTI:e‘â€"r;tev ;v;‘l:egomg' it will take 824 years to reach equality and I think we‘ve got to do it a lot faster than that," she concluded. Town Square and the Adult Recreation Centre. All people have to do is drop their used glasses and hearing aids off in the stores, and the Lions Club will refurbish and distribute them. The hearing aids, he explained, are distributâ€" ed to the hearing impaired through the Canadian International Hearing Services, which each year sends a team of volunteer audiologists and technicians to needy countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Local Lions first became involved in the program last year when they raised more than $700 for it by holding a family skating session at the Rink in the Park. Harper said they decided to become more directly involved this year, and collect glasses and hearing aids themselves, because "this way we could get a bigger benefit, we have a bigger involvement. o e Hunter added that the boxes are scheduled to be removed from the stores shortly, but anyone interested in donating items can do so by sending them to the Waterloo Lions Club, P.O. Box 73, Waterloo N2J 3Z6. 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