Fonds 10-156 - Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women fonds

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Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women fonds

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CA ON0034 10-156

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10.6 cm of textual records

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(1971-1999)

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Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women (MACSW) was established in 1971 as a non-profit feminist organization. Their goal was to remove inequalities affecting women by working through lobbying efforts and public education. MACSW was interested in several issues including violence against women, sexual harassment and rape, pay equity, women's health, etc. They published a newsletter called ACTION which was published bi-monthly.
MACSW was closed in 1999 after federal funding cutbacks.
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Le Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women (MACSW) a été créé en 1971 en tant qu'organisation féministe à but non lucratif. Son objectif est d'éliminer les inégalités qui touchent les femmes par le biais d'actions de lobbying et d'éducation du public. Le MACSW s'intéressait à plusieurs questions, notamment la violence à l'égard des femmes, le harcèlement sexuel et le viol, l'égalité salariale, la santé des femmes, etc. Il publiait un bulletin d'information bimensuel intitulé ACTION.
Le MACSW a été fermé en 1999 à la suite d'une réduction du financement fédéral.

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This fonds consists of records from and collected by the Manitoba Action Committee on Status of Women. It contains correspondence, reports, articles, resource information on various organizations in Manitoba (mostly in Winnipeg). It also includes records from a research project on women's health, employment and abortion organized during summer 1980.
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Ce fonds est constitué de documents recueillis par le Manitoba Action Committee on Status of Women. Il contient de la correspondance, des rapports, des articles et des renseignements sur diverses organisations au Manitoba (principalement à Winnipeg). Il comprend également des documents relatifs à un projet de recherche sur la santé, l'emploi et l'avortement des femmes organisé au cours de l'été 1980.

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The CWMA Collection (10-001) holds a significant amount of material from the MACSW.

Issues of the organization publication, "Action / Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women" are available within the archives' feminist periodical collection, available at call number HQ 1459 .M35 A37.

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