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By MICHELLE DEMOE —

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“APRIL: 23-29 is Prevention
. fof Violence against Women |
| Week. ‘So, what does -that

mean to you? Why does it

‘lexist? |

|. Prevention of. Violence
'

against Women’ Week is a '
time to. promote and. cel-

;ebrate . equality, justice,
Peace and development for
;women,

) T's time to stand up i and

‘say, “I am woman, Hear me
roar.”
It is’ a week to: think

‘about women ’and the differ- °

“ent struggles they. have had

_ cand still deal with on-a daily

‘basis — all over the world.

~A week that will promote |

more. change. for equality,

- counteracting. “and unider-

“standing the realities women

‘faces, _
© All ‘around’ ‘the world,.. .

7 harmful traditional practices

still exist. Dowry murders“
. (murdering of: ‘women: be-
~¢ause their family cannot - _
* pay, for) a. ‘suitable. dowry),

- honour killings. (murdering

‘women’ because: they have

Q

~ April 1.

been’ raped or suspected’ of

» adultery ‘or premarital sex);
- \genital: mutilation (a fertil-_ .
_. _ity-or coming. of age ritual .
-- for girls and women to.en- —_
“ sure chastity or purity), and...»

forced early marriage.

. Although .some are pun-,
. _ ishable by law, ‘they still go.
, on, unpunished and uncared ~

"Nathan Cullen.

F reeze
shocks.
local MP |

SKEENA BULKLEY

_NDP MP Nathan Cullen is

shocked seniors receiving
federal Old Age Security
(OAS) : payments didn’t
receive an increase as of
“tied ‘to

Increases - are

' changes in. the Consumer”

Price Index but: it didn’t

- budge’ from Nov, 2005 to

this January, the period used

- to calculate OAS payments -

as of Aprill. »
“Obviously there is some-

se ‘thing wrong in what the fed-
eral government is doing,”

* said Cullen.
He noted that increasing
energy prices, particularly

_ natural gas rates in the north- .
west, are hurting not only -

seniors on fixed incomes but
all others on either fixed or
low incomes.” .. ~

“I know when I bring
the cost of living up here up

with [federal] finance offi- —

cials, they just don’t believe

_ it,’ Cullen added.
Cullen said the federal ©

NDP has been promoting a
seniors’ charter, a document
that would protect and en-
“hance the quality of life for
older people.

" -The basic OAS pension,

paid to people 65 years of » .

age and over, remains at
$484.63 per month as of
April 1.

Since 1973, all OAS
benefits have been adjusted
quarterly in January,. -April,
July and October. The maxi-
mum Guaranteed Income
Supplement (GIS) and Al-

lowance. payments, which»

are based on the recipient's
family. income during the
previous year, are also un-
changed as of April 1.

' ‘The Canada Pension Plan
and OAS payments are in--

tended to provide a modest
base on which to build ad-_

ditional income for retire-

ment.

» (B4 - - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Apri! 26, 2006

Violence against women
remains a problem here

for — just a natural thing. It

is just what we do. Subject,
disrespect and:horrify wom-

en. | voi '
Just because these hor-
rible things happen in oth-
er places of the world, it
doesn’t mean that violence
against women doesn’t hap-
pen here, in our home, in our
neighbour's home: |

‘Do’ you see it or hear

about it? Do you close your
eyes and just keep going,

saying to’ yourself, “Heisn’t

_Mmy problem or it-isn’t my .

business?” Maybe you could »
think about that for a’ (sec

-ond., *
Is it really not your busi-
“ness? Why? You may. think ©
it-is not affecting. you ‘per-

_sonally. >You might not be:

&,

the one getting hit or yelled
at. oon
But in the overall scheme
of things, it really is your

business. Why? By walking. -

by and closing your eyes or
_ tuming your | back, you are
saying it is OK. Saying vio-
lence is okay. -

So I challenge you. to

- Stand up and say “NO... this.

is not okay. Violence against
women doesn't need to hap-
pen; by, hurting women you
are hurting me and I will not
stand for it.” 3

“Our children do not need
to go through this.” Let's
' make. sure they know vio-

lence: against women is not’

OK - it is time to change.”

Faced with these daily re-.

alities, it seems there haven’t

WcALiBeR

. “AT A BASE PRICE OF LESS
THAN °16,000, THE NEW CALIBER
HAS BOTH BARRELS BLAZING.”

Toronto Star Wheels

; accomplished.

> Weeks ,

been any positive changes.
There have. Much has been
Legal foundations have
been built like the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms,
pay. and employment equity
laws, maternity and. paren-
tal benefits and the human
rights act. %,
like this exist: .
to. create. that .constant
reminder. But, there are still
“barriers between these laws |
and women’s lives: violence;
- poverty and i ignorance.
-. This. is the time to take
your: stand, speak up, be
heard and get rid of. those
barriers. One week at a.
time. |
“Michelle DeMoe works
for the Ksan.House Society.

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