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The
Herstory, Risk and Survival of BC Women's Centres
A Discussion Paper
| May 2003
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I. Introduction
The BC Coalition of Women’s Centres came together informally in Oct. 2001,
through an e-mail discussion list (e-list). The purpose of the Coalition
has been and continues to be support, sharing of resources and working for
change. The Coalition has 33 members and a Steering Committee of 9:
8 regional reps and the information and communications technology coordinator.
Status of Women Canada provided the Coalition with its first funded project.
The project had a range of objectives, but primarily building Women’s Centres
capacity through the Coalition was the main focus. The Coalition has
become very successful in a number of ways: the Coalition has representation
in many provincial, regional and community groups and activities.
Stable funding for Women’s Centres is more at risk now than it has been
in many years. Exploring options and working towards the long-term
sustainability of Centres is currently the Coalition’s main focus.
The British Columbia Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services
has been identified as a funder of this paper as well. Although they
provided no direct funding for this work, some Centres used a portion of
a one-time grant of $3,000.00 provided by this Ministry to provide support
and help them participate in the work of completing this document.
The BC Coalition of Women’s Centres would like to acknowledge and thank
the membership of the Coalition for their commitment and work in completing
this document. The Coalition is successful because of the honesty,
courage and tenacity of members in getting this far in such a short time.
This document will be used to further discuss and explore the future of
Women’s Centres with local, regional, provincial and federal governments.
In addition, the paper will be widely circulated throughout BC and Canada.
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