Women's commission didn't deserve being cut
When I read that funding for the Commission on the Status of Women would be cut, I was not surprised for this has been an agenda item for some City Council members for years. I was disappointed by the lack of a response from current and former commissioners who know the impact CSW has had on this community, and from the women whose lives were changed because of their interaction with the commission.
Most women still earn less money than men for comparable work, many live in poverty with their children, and some suffer due to health disparities.
CSW requires different resources than other boards because its function is different. Its administrators have always had other departmental duties, so parity is not the question.
One of CSW's roles is to identify unmet needs for women, then find a place for those services. For example: CSW and the YWCA provided the research which the Women's Resource Center ultimately used for documentation to secure its initial foundation funding. This was not the City Council's finest hour and it will be remembered.
Yolanda Leacraft
Greensboro
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Yolanda,
Hate to break it to you, but the support for CSW is a battle I'd rather lose to win the bigger picture war.
Posted on July 2, 2006 10:14 AM
Sorry, Yolanda, but it's high time we start making cuts in non-ESSENTIAL line items. Believe it or not, this is one time I agree with DD (yes, everyone, you read that right).... time to choose which battles to lose to win the war.
Posted on July 3, 2006 9:42 AM