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   Past Workshops:
  • Winnipeg— Crossways-in-Common (May 9, ’07)
    focus on Women & the Election
  • Winnipeg— Wolseley Family Place (March 22, ’07)
  • Winnipeg— Women’s Studies class from Dakota Collegiate (March 12, ’07)
  • Winnipeg— Wolseley Family Place (March 10, ’07)
    focus on midwifery issues
  • Winnipeg— Urban Circle Training Centre (February 23, ’07)
  • Clearwater— Clearwater School (January 22, ’07)
  • Winnipeg— Deaf/Blind Women (January 20, ’07)
  • Ste Anne— Présenté par: Réseau Action Femmes (17 janvier, ’07)
  • St Pierre-Jolys— Présenté par: Réseau Action Femmes (11 janvier, ’07)
  • Winnipeg— Immigrant
    Women (3rd workshop) (November 30, ’06)
  • St Boniface, Winnipeg— (1st workshop)
    Présenté par: Réseau Action Femmes (23 novembre, ’06)
  • The Pas— The Kin Centre (November 17, ’06)
  • Flin Flon— Friendship Centre (November 16, ’06)
  • Thompson— U of M Faculty of Social Work (November 15, ’06)
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes— Centre Dom-Benoît (2 novembre, ’06)
  • Brandon— The Women’s Centre (October 17, ’06)
  • Winnipeg — The Family Community Centre (August 17, ’06)
  • Gilbert Plains (June 29, ’06)
  • Roblin (June 28, ’06)
  • Ethelbert (June 27, ’06)
  • Steinbach (June 5, ’06)
  • Winnipeg — Women in the North End (May 18, ’06)
  • Altona (May 9, ’06)
  • Winnipeg — Immigrant
    Women (2nd workshop) (April 26, ’06)
  • Portage La Prairie (March 20, ’06)
  • Winnipeg — Crossways in Common (March 14, ’06)
  • Winnipeg — West Central Women’s Resource Centre (February 24, 2006)
  • Carman (February 18, 2006)
  • Winnipeg — Immigrant Women (1st workshop) (February 2, 2006)
  • University of Manitoba Women’s Centre (January 30, 2006)
  • Selkirk (January 28, 2006)
  • Winnipeg — Women living with Disabilities (November 30, 2005)
  • Winnipeg — Senior Women (November 24, 2005)
  • Gimli (1st workshop) (November 19, 2005)
  • Thompson (October 26, 2005)
  • Thompson (October 25, 2005) Social Policy Class
  • Flin Flon (October 24, 2005)
  • The Pas (October 22, 2005)
  • Winnipeg — Wolseley Family Place (July 25, 2005)
  • Winnipeg — Crossways-in-Common (July 20, 2005)
  • Winnipeg — UNPAC (July 16, 2005)
  • Winnipeg — Gender Budget Coalition (May 14, 2005)
  • Winnipeg — Pilot Workshop (April 28, 2005)
   
Gender Budget Workshops

Workshop proceedings from across Manitoba
Click on a Manitoba town or city on the map below to find out what women in that region are saying about the budget.

map of Manitoba showing our workshop locations throughout the Province Thompson workshops The Pas workshop Flin Flon workshop Gimli workshop Selkirk workshop Selkirk Workshop Carman workshop Carman workshop listing of all workshops held in Winnipeg, with links to each specific workshop listing of all workshops held in Winnipeg, with links to each specific workshop Steinbach workshop Steinbach workshop Ste Anne workshop Ste Anne workshop Portage workshop Brandon workshop Parklands workshop in Ethelbert Parklands workshop in Ethelbert Altona Workshop Altona Workshop Portage la Prairie Workshop Parklands workshop in Gilbert Plains Parklands workshop in Roblin Parklands workshop in Gilbert Plains Parklands workshop in Roblin Brandon workshop Notre Dame des Lourdes workshop Notre Dame des Lourdes workshop Clearwater workshop Clearwater workshop St Pierre-Jolys workshop St Pierre-Jolys workshop

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Winnipeg

housingSummary of what we’re hearing
Themes are reiterated in every group which speaks to the common concerns of diverse groups of women. In particular, the lack of affordable, quality, safe rental housing is raised repeatedly as a number one issue in each of our workshops.

For a summary of what we've been hearing in our workshops read our Summary. Read what women are saying about our workshops…

What we do with what we’re learning
Suggestions for both government spending and revenue generated through our workshops go a number of places:
  • Women share what they’ve learned with friends, family, and colleagues. We mail a summary of the workshop to each woman who participated.
  • We invite local media to attend our workshop and write an article or conduct interviews for the local paper or radio station. This allows women and men throughout the region to become more aware of the issues. If media don't attend we write an article and submit it to the local paper.
  • We post workshop proceedings and photos on our website.
  • At the close of each workshop women have the opportunity to write a letter to their MLA asking that gender analysis be made a part of the budget process and naming their specific budget priorities. Letters are copied to the Minister of Finance and the Minister responsible for the Status of Women.
  • We share our findings with the Province of Manitoba through regular meetings with Treasury Board staff, the Minister of Finance, and other key Ministers such as the Minister responsible for the Status of Women and the Minister of Family Services and Housing.
  • Ideas generated during the first year of the project were used in the creation of Manitoba’s 2006 Alternative Provincial Budget which used gender analysis as a lens and was co-chaired by UNPAC and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba.
Facilitation Package
UNPAC’s Gender Budget Workshop materials including many hand-outs and a large facilitation guide are available for other groups and individuals engaged in similar work to use. Download our resources here.
 
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