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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
March 30, 2004
March 31st Marks the End of An Era for BC
Women
BC- Women’s Centres throughout the province will be closing
tomorrow and engaging in information events in their communities.
March 31 st is the last day of provincial government funding to
Centres, marking the end of an era for BC women.
For more than a decade, Women’s Centres have received core
funding from the province of BC, and in fact, it was the Social Credit
who first implemented this funding. Throughout the years the
funding has increased in order to assist Centres in addressing issues
facing women in their communities.
Women’s Centres were instrumental in starting many Transition
Houses and Sexual Assualt Centres in BC. Women’s Centres
have a herstory of taking on difficult issues, providing essential
direct services to women and their families. Centres have been at the
forefront of community development, pre-employment, health,
education and social programs thoughout BC.
March 31st marks the end of an era of equality, protection and
advancement for BC women. Make no mistake dismantling the organizations
that have been so key in advancing women’s equality issues is no
accident. The BC Liberals have been working to silence not only
Women’s Centres but women in general. This attack on women is
indefensible. While Minister Ida Chong states that the BC
Liberals are committed to protecting services to women experiencing
violence, the BC Coalition of Women’s Centres has learned that many
Transition Houses have just had cuts made to their services. Not only
is this government cutting services to women but they are also lying to
the public about it.
The complete lack of any community consultations on the impacts of this
cut along with the complete disregard for the many calls to restore
funding to women’s centres are clear evidence of the BC Liberals sexist
and oppressive agenda.
The BC Liberals will be remembered for this cut for a very long time.
We ask that BC hold this government accountable for their attack on
women and women’s services.
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