RESOURCES/RESSOURCES

WOMEN, THE LAW AND THE ECONOMY

By Pask, Mahoney, Brown (Eds.); $29.95; 380 pp.; Soft cover; ISBN: 0 409 98865-0; April 1985. A collection of papers from a Conference by the same name held in Banff, Alberta in 1983. This exceptional publication offers pioneering insights that will continue to stimulate critical discussion on important topics for many years to come:

• equal pay for work of equal value
• part-time work and job-sharing
• sexual harassment
• tax planned benefits for executive women
• using the Charter of Rights to alleviate welfare discrimination
• the role of the state in enforcing maintenance
• child and spousal support awards and the economics of divorce
• the judicial role in interpreting the equality provisions of the Charter
• the family as a unit of taxation
• women and credit
• pornography

The publication begins with a foreword by Gloria Steinem.
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WOMEN… A WORLD SURVEY

By Ruth Leger Sivard, 1985, distributed in Canada by MATCH International Centre; 401-171 Nepean St., Ottawa, K2P 084; 44 pages; English only; $7.00 plus $1.75 postage and handling. This hand-book is filled with statistics and graphs illustrating changes in the global status of women since 1950. Did you know:

• That women comprise 50 percent of the world's enfranchised population yet hold no more than 10 percent of the seats in national legislatures?
• That unpaid labour of women in the household, if given economic value, would add an estimated one third to the world's annual economic product?
• That women are the sole breadwinner in one-fourth to one-third of the families in the world and that the number of woman-headed families is rapidly increasing?

PROJECT REPORT: AWARENESS FOR WOMEN
IN THE FISHERY

This project was an initiative of Awareness for Women in the Fishery, a group of fisher women in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The 88 page report includes results of a survey of 146 of the 223 licensed fisherwomen on Cape Breton Island. Also included: a list of recommendations pertaining to fisherwomen's specific needs (including clothing, joint ownership of boats with spouses, and miscellaneous benefits to women); a list of courses offered by the provincial department of fisheries. In addition there is a supplementary information package for Cape Breton fisherwomen describing the "players" in the fishing industry, practical information affecting individuals, conflicts within the industry/fishermen's organization, loans and grants provided by the government, and a list of supplementary sources of information. Order from: Awareness for Women in the Fishery, P.O. Box 1000, Bras d'Or Post Office, Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, BOC lBO.

LAMENT FOR A "PATRIARCHY LOST"?
ANTI- FEMINISM ANTI -ABORTION AND
R.E.A.L. WOMEN IN CANADA

By Karen Dubinsky; published by CRIAW/ICREF; 1985; bilingual; 2.75 plus $.75 postage and handling. The first paper in CRIAW' S new Feminist Perspectives Feminists series. This thought-provoking paper challenges feminists to reassess the impact and significance of the rise of right-wing women's organizations in Canada. Available in English and French. Order from: The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW/ICREF) , Suite 408, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ont. KIP 5H3.

RAPPORT DU COLLOQUE NATIONAL
tenu à l'Université du Québec à Montréal
26 mai 1984

Organisé par l'Association féminine d'éducation et d'action sociale. Pour se procurer le rapport, s'adresser au siège social de I'AFEAS, 180 est, boulevard Dorchester, bureau 200, Montréal H2X 1N6. Telephone (514) 866-1813.