Table of Contents

What is this book about?

What did our programs do that was positive for women?

We sat at the kitchen table and helped each other
Arviat, Northwest Territories

We decided to visit women in the community
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

We enjoyed talking together
Saint John, New Brunswick

We put together a sexual harassment policy
Toronto, Ontario

We started a women's committee
Toronto, Ontario

We talked about our lives and wrote our stories
Guelph, Ontario

We rewrote a pamphlet on sexual abuse
Brandon, Manitoba

We put together resource booklets to help other women
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

We thought about women in union-based literacy programs
Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

We did some writing
Fort McMurray, Alberta

We talked about making our classes more feminist
Prince George, British Columbia

We talked about having a women's class and a men's class
Duncan, British Columbia

What did we learn?

Some things make literacy harder for women

Violence is a part of many women's lives

many women are Poor

Many women are isolated

Women are not treated equally

Literacy work is difficult

The best Programs Pay attention to women's lives

Literacy work is not valued

This work can be satisfying

Programs could be more positive for women

Some things keep women from coming to programs

There are problems inside programs

Why programs should do things that are positive for women

Some things that programs can do

Thank you!