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coâ€"nrdinated and Integrated services: advocacy services and complaints sys- tems ; and, participation at all levels and areas of service planning. The Minister also spoke about the develop- ments that sprang out of the Cairo Intemational Conference on Population and Development. The program of aetion, she explained. stressed that advancing gender equity and ensuring women‘s ability to man- age their own fertility were “cornerstones of population and development related pro- grams." As well. Shipley addressed several issues facing women surrounding the risks posed by HIV and AIDS. She concluded by saying: "If you keep women well. you keep the community well.” “Protection of Women - Legally, Morally, Physically and Financially" Dame Ann Ballin, Chair of the Victim‘s Task Force from 1988 to 1993 in New Zea, land. began her address with a simple definition of protect - [0 keep from harm or injury. A simple statement. she suggested, with less simple connotations, Today. legal sanctions exist against all forms of abuse. and laws are considered ba- sic to the safety of women and children. But until recent times. practically all societies accepted that the man of the house could control by violence, and that the measures he used to maintain control were outside crimi- nal and legal jurisdiction (and in some countries still are). From a moral perspec- tive. Ballin stated. women have put great energy into opposing the growing influence of pornography and the sexual exploitation of children. In many countries in recent years. customs which inflict pain or death on 6 Home A Country. Summer ‘95 A View of the crowd at the Canada Area Meeting at the AWW Conference. The Federated Women's institutes of Ontario delegates to the ACWW Conference in Christchurch, New Zeatand, are pictured above with the Area Prestdent [or Canada. Peggy Knapp (seated left). Standing from left to right the delegates are Glenna Smith, Program Coordinator, Pauline Lindsay, Second Year Board Director. Mary Harris, Prestdent Elect, and Joan Play/e, Second Year Board Director. FWIO President Donna Hussett is seated to the right. female children have been under debate. Ballin identified female circumcision and female infanticide as just two examples. Even with the legislation in place. Ballin concluded. that knowledge and information were the key to change, and that informed women are the agents ofchange. For man (It’ltltit'd accounts oft/rue dlSCEIIStDIl topics :82 next issue nfThe Countrywoman. *" 4:3-