News releases from Status of Women (Page 10)

Work performed in households is more essential to basic survival and quality of life than much of the work done in offices, factories and stores. It's also a fundamental precondition for a healthy market sector, says a new study by Genuine Progress Index (GPI) Atlantic.

Three young Nova Scotian women were lauded today for their insight, intelligence and ability to articulate their vision of women's equality.

The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women is sponsoring their first writing contest for young women. First prize is a $250 bursary.

International champions SAERC Girls Highland Thunder Electric Racing Team of Port Hawkesbury, N.S., will be in Halifax on Friday, May 1, to be honoured by the Province of Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia's fourth annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day is Thursday, April 23, and 11 to 15 year old girls across the province are gearing up for Mom or Dad's workplace rather than for school.

Young women's voices were heard loud and clear today at a forum for Halifax area high school girls sponsored by the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women celebrates its 20th birthday during this International Women's Week with a look back at two decades of achievement and ahead to making more progress toward women's equality.

More women MLAs are needed in Nova Scotia, says Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, chair of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

If you're a woman in an abusive situation and you're visually impaired or your reading skills are limited, the messages in Making Changes can still reach you.

Women can escape a violent and abusive husband or boyfriend -- and here's how. That's the message of Making Changes, a newly revised publication of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.