Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1A0OHI28062; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 19:24:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 19:24:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F1C6EFBA-5B5E-11D8-B9A3-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2841] Fwd: [WSS-L:944] Women need safe, stable, affordable housing, new study finds X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Type: text/plain; delsp=yes; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3759 Lines: 90 I got this from one of my library lists and thought this list might be interested. Mev Begin forwarded message: > From: "Kathleen O'Grady" <kaogrady54@hotmail.com> > Date: Mon Feb 9, 2004 5:38:25 PM US/Eastern > To: wss-l@ala.org > Subject: [WSS-L:944] Women need safe, stable, affordable housing, new > study finds > Reply-To: wss-l@ala.org > > **Press Release** > >> From the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence and the Women’s >> Health > Clinic: > > Women need safe, stable, affordable housing, new study finds > > Researchers call on government to address women’s specific housing > needs > > Women with low incomes have acute housing needs and are at greater > risk of living in unsafe and unhealthy environments, says a new study > conducted by the Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE) > and the Women’s Health Clinic (WHC). More women than men live in > poverty and experience difficulty finding and affording suitable > housing. In order to better meet women’s needs, the study authors, > Molly McCracken and Gail Watson recommend that federal, provincial and > city governments need to adopt gender-based analysis for all new > housing policies and programs. > > A new report titled, Women Need Safe, Stable, Affordable Housing: A > study of social, private and co-op housing in Winnipeg, will be > released at 11:45 a.m. on February 12, at the Manitoba Women’s > Advisory Council’s Lunch and Learn presentation, 155 Carlton Street, > concourse level, Winnipeg, MB. > > “We want governments at all levels to adopt gender-based analyses of > housing policies and programs to address equality issues and > acknowledge women’s specific housing needs,” says Molly McCracken, > researcher at PWHCE. “Women’s housing needs will continue to > intensify unless substantial action is taken. The proportion of > female-headed renter households paying 30% or more of their household > income on housing has increased and comprises 45% of Canadian > households with core housing need.” > > The study also identifies which housing models and practices better > meet women’s needs and which do not. The effects of different housing > policies on Winnipeg women’s health and well-being, economic security > and skills are documented in the report. Gail Watson, of the WHC > says, “since women are the higher percentage of renters, new housing > should be built to meet the needs of lower income women renters and > eliminate the waiting lists for cooperative and public housing units. > Women need to have access to affordable private market housing, public > housing and cooperative housing.” > > In addition to the recommendation to implement gender-based analysis > in all housing policies and programs, other recommendations of the > report include creating affordable housing options for women with low > incomes, participatory decision-making processes, and restructuring > social assistance and disability assistance policies to meet the basic > housing needs of recipients. > > For the completed study visit www.pwhce.ca or > www.womenshealthclinic.org > > For author interviews contact: > > Molly McCracken, Researcher, > Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence > (204) 982-6632 > m.mccracken@uwinnipeg.ca > > Gail Watson, Women, Poverty and Health Project Coordinator, > Women’s Health Clinic > (204) 947-2422, ext. 134 > gailwatson@womenshealthclinic.org > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en- > ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgma > rket%3den-ca > >
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