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ACWW council update. . . Dr. l'llL‘lt \lclean. president of \smcuiietl Country Women of the “or id I \(, \\ \\ ). chaired the council ttieeltrig held Lll Reading Liniwrstty. E upland. in ,lu|\. In her address to the council. [1r \lclean mild the name \t ‘\\'\\ Lilli] its \\ut’l\lsl'101\t.‘l'_\’\-\‘Cll known. although there are member societies in many countries of the “t‘llLl it is tip to All members 0| \( \\ \\ to nutkc it .i more \isible ttlg‘tll'lllilllttl'l. llll\ statement “his echoed by Dr. \ltchitcl Wales. Ll guest speaker. who ll.1tl not hctore been lantiliar with the \torL til .t\t'\\‘\\.‘. He spoke-o1 women III Lirmtnc and sziitl while researching litt his talk. he titscirtert’tl that women the tnxohetl lll llte it hole spectrum til hunting He said 4“ per L'L'lll 01‘ till Ititinine is done by women. \ isthility and recognition are jUsl ;i couple Ul problettts lacing out \tttrltl4‘ltlt‘ \olitntecr orgattt/ation. \itother problem is the L’O\[ ol admitt- istrntitttt Hltett, grants tire iii-'L-iilal‘lle lltllll yotcrnmcnts and agencies lot 41 speetltt project. but very little or none ;it it“ is allotted tor the administration o1 these protects. lllh is where the money goes. u Inch is collected as Pennies tot lrlt'lttl‘illln. (uninhi is one Margaret Munro ot' the top supporters of Pennies for Friendship. however there are many others who are in a position to give, but are not pulling their weight. The raising ot‘ fees to societies was dis- cussed. and whether or not there should be a mandatory per capita levy. There were [our workshops for all delegates. Two of them were: a) Economic crisis in the farm family b) Agricultural education (accessibility to women) From these discussions, it became clear that women in farming in all countries have some common prob- lems. One of these is inaccessibility to credit, even though the women may he doing most. or in lots of cases, all the work. This situation varies from country to country. however, some governments are beginning to realize the value of women’s work. This brought us to the topic of Women and Unpaid Work, which is a possible workshop topic for the triennial conference in 1989. It is a vital, but often neglected issue. it was part of the Erward-Looking Sltaleeiis agreed upon at the United Nation. conferenca in Nairobi in 1985. One of the problems in this COLIan is that housewives are not eligible in make contributions to the Canada Pension Plan. In fact. it was 0th d short time ago that the law its. changed enabling widows to coil ‘_1 half their husbands‘ Canada Pensi tr. Plan payment. The ACWW Triennial Conferez... will be held in Kansas City. Missoiu t. September 1989. The theme ot‘ it. conference will be Partners in Frog“ Details will be reported when in.» become available. This was my first council meet ‘11 -. as FWIO President. it was £1 A busy agenda with informative din -: sions. It was an honor to be 1'11 representative. Canadian soc: . were well represented, thanks it illL' Mrs. Alfred Watt fund. i l Action for Africa resources available [n the April. May, .lune issue of Home til (mmer the ()XFAM- ("illlfldll Action for Attica program nits :idtertisetl u ith ayztilahle speakers for ('nrietott. Rent‘rcw. lnnttrk. Leeds. Ktormonl. l)undas :ittd (.ilengarry. Russell, (ircnyillc, Frontenac. Leeds. lertnm ttnd Atidittgton httve now hL‘ett added to the program, Action for Attica is tin educational community service funded by the ('anatlutn gmernment through the public participation program of the ('anudittn International Development ./\genc_\' and ()XFAh/lfttnadd. For more information. or to book a speaker. please write or call Anne Gillies. OXFAM-Canada Action for Africa, 251 Laurier Ave. West, ‘ mic 301, Ottawa, K]? 5.16, 613 237- lift or 613 594-2826. ACWW President is Hall of Fainth Dr. Ellen McLean, President of Associated Country Women of the World, was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame on Nov. 15 at a ceremony at the Royal Agri- cultural Winter Fair. Dr. McLean is one of three inductees in 1987 and is described as “an ‘ambassador' for the agricultural industry and those involved in it, particularly turm women." Dr. McLean lives on a farm in Nova Scotia. Dr. Donald Shaver and Thoma-S Hays were the two other inductees. Ill H St C October. November. December 1987