Another significant development was that ALFA formed sexual harassment and anti-racism committees. There were three male students and one female staff on the sexual harassment committee. As their initial step, they put out a statement on sexual harassment, which was posted all around the Centre. The anti-racism committee included one student, one tutor and one staff member. This committee just recently produced a draft statement and a policy.

The women's group continues to meet and work actively on reading, writing, and math. There are five active members and they hope to get more women into the group in the coming months. They also hope to be able to publish some of the women's writing in the future.

What was produced

The staff at ALFA put together four pamphlets that talk about this research:

• Why do women need a women's group?
• What happens in our women's group?
• What do people say about the women's group?
• What is sexual harassment?

They are reproduced in Women in literacy speak. They also published two books focusing on women: One woman's struggle and Not a bed of rose.

" When we first talked about having a women's committee at
Beat the Street, many women thought it was a bad idea. After the
first meeting, all the women who came wanted to have another one.