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dainty donuts nm 8 ringwood drive buy a sandwich get a small coffee or pop free stouffville nbune gssss oh 6424540 tlumiin street wediiesilay september 131995 50 7pti3t6m community stouffville women connect to the world by joan ransberry staff reporter p6verty domestic violence jihd illiteracy continue to plague women those attend ing a united nationslinked conference in stouffville were told over the weekend the grassroots conference tagged humanitys others wing was hosted by the local bahai community and held at parkview village the emancipation of women tne achievement of full equali ty of the sexes is vital to the survival of a civilized world was stressed by all throughout the day the audience heard from 10 speakers to further tie the local gath ering to the parent conference under way in beijing a what was said tribune reporter joan 1 ransberry attended the local beijingconnect conference on women held in stouffville over v the weekend at the end of the day members of the audience were asked to share thieir viewpoints the following is a sam- phng of opinions expressed v v nancy sario cornell are affected the most by poverty the offshoots are inequality abuse lack of self esteemand leyeloping a belief that as fwomehweareithant fwe need toyi dous obstacles 1 naiinaenwho1f the need for massive social efqrmhasnfever been jfrtwe in atime lheh caring individuals both fjinen and women must stand up and be countedwithout iasb see page 3 telegram from one of the canadian delegates in china was read to the audience made up of women and men from stouffville uxbridge and sur rounding area fran sainsbury former mayor of stouffville told the audience that women believe in democracy but women do not support each other at least at the local level weve had many excellent women mayors stressed sainsbury brit regan representative of the bahai national f office pointed some startling facts she said q in india an average of five women a day are burned in dowry disputes q half a million women die each year from pregnancy and complications while another 100000 are killed during botched abortions i q in new guinea 67 per cent of all women are victims of domestic violence in the united states a women is raped every 18 min utes women earn one tenth of the worldwide income hold one per cent of chief executive positions around the world and comprise just 10 per cent of the worlds parliamentari ans regan did however stress that despite what may appear to be a bleak situation women have made gains regan said q in the united states 21 per cent of state legislators are women five fold since 1969 last year sweden voted women into 41 per cent of its parliamentary seats q in south africa in the struggle against apartheid about 30 per cent of the ruling government are women q maternal mortality rates have been nearly halved worldwide and 3 million chil dren have been gaved each year through the extension of basic immunization programs- q in the area of literacy females advance twice as fast as males in developing coun tries in china they raised womens literacy rates front complete illiteracy 0 years ago to more than 82 per cent literacy among adult women in industrial countries the proportion of women admiriis- please see page 3 garage sale treasure kristy lakin 17 mos wants that horse offered for sale by florence neale and daughter dara at the obrien ave street sale on saturday bhhirhbs88bhj photosjoerdwitteveen chair was last straw for antiques dealer the chair saga continues s va chair or the lack of it is being cited as the main reason a stouf fville business is closing were outta here said andy munro owner of sheraton antiques while the ringwood drive retail operation is closing munros furniture finishing business located close by will remain open when the municipality ordered a large mahogany chair be removed from the front of the antique store it had a severe finan cial impact on business said munro without the chair we didnt get the traffic he said whitchurch stouffville council the mayor or the bylaw offi cers can say what they like its business that determines busi ness said munro in late july the town determined that the chair was a signa sign that was violating an existing bylaw the town took the chair away munro had to pay 50 to get it back munro was then told he could address council and ask for a vari ance to the bylaw they want me to be the politician i am not a politician 1 am a businessman said munro variances cost 250 the whole matter of the chair was handled very poorly stressed munro it makes me worry about the way other issues are handled munro points the finger of blame directly at mayor wayne emmerson wayne emmerson ran a probusihessstyle campaign and failed to deliver said munro he didnt do it said munro emmerson could not be reached at press time auto vtire centre cmx we hours monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am 500 pm sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 retail tlfle store hours monday friday 830 am 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1100 am 400 pm storemanager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffville