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The Manitoba Committee on Wife Abuse has put together a Legal Handbook for women in Abusive Relationships. The handbook was prepared by Denyse Côté of Public Legal Education Archives and answers many legal questions for women who are abused by their partners. Send $1.50 to the Manitoba Committee on Wife Abuse, 4th Floor, 777 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg R3G 3L1.

Unfortunately the constitutional amendment granting equal status to native women was left on the Senate floor when Parliament was dissolved. Reading Indian Women and Law in Canada: Citizens Minus (Advisory Council on the Status of Women and Indian Rights for Indian Women) will provide much historical information and ammunition for women to re-intensify their efforts to see native women's rights entrenched. Write to CACSW, or the Federal Minister of Supply and Services, Catalogue No. LW31-2/1978.

The 1984 Listing of Women's Group is available from the Secretary of State. It lists national women's groups, publications, rape crisis centres, transition houses and government programs. Catalogue No. S2-54/l984.

La Comitelle, groupe d'étudiantes du Départment d'anthropologie de l'Université de Montréal, a publié un dossier intitulé Une perspective féministe en anthropologie: Pour en finir avec la science de l'homme. Renseignements: La Comitelle, Départment d'anthropologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale A, Montréal H3C 3J7.

L'Université Laval vient de publier le rapport final de la coordonnatrice à la condition féminine à l'universite, L'Université Laval au féminin: Mission accomplie? par Francine Roy. Renseignments:Cabinet du recteur, Université Laval, Cité Universitaire, Quebec GlK 7P4.

La revue Interventions économiques vient de publier un numéro double sur le thème "Emploi: L'éclatement?" De nombreux articles intéressant partculièrement les femmes on ete écrits par des femmes, ce qui est plutôt rare lorsqu'on traite de questions économiques. Prix: 15$ pour le numéro double; abonnement 20$ pour numéros. Pour se procurer la revue écrire à: Interventions économiques, 3553, rue St Urbain Montréal, Québec H2X 2N6.

Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la recherche féministe has published women and Education I, the first of two issues dealing with education and women. This comprehensive compilation includes extensive resources on curricula and materials, networks, current developments, work in progress, as well as bibliographies and reviews of useful publications in the field. Available for $5.00 from Resources for Feminist Research, Room 8-110, OISE, 252 Floor St. West, Toronto M5S lV6.

Women and Education II should be available very soon, and will include reviews of books on gender and schooling, a special issues section examining the topics of education, labour and the family and nontraditional education in rural communities.

RFR/DRF is also now planning two special issues for its thirteenth year: Women and Language and Disabled Women. They invite short articles, abstracts, reports on work in progress, book reviews and bibliographies (François English). Send to Frances Rooney at RFR/DRF.