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C WW fee increases Effective April 1. I984. Acww Contributing Membership will cost 51000 per year. Cheques should be made payable to F.W.l.0., and for- warded to the FWIO Office, P.0. Box 1030, Guelph NIH 6N], Life Membership to A.C.W.W, will cost £100 Sterling. A bank draft hould be purchased payable to â€"\CWW (Honorary Treasurer) and em directly to: aCWW (Honorary Treasurer). ‘0 Warwick Square, tendon, SWIV 2A1, England. Please notify this office so we may ccord your life membership. UNESCO donations :0 to Guelph Donations to the Water and anitation Project should be made ayable to FWIO, but clearly marked ilat the money is for UNESCO Proâ€" xt No. 71. Mail the cheques or ,roney orders to the FWIO office in tuelph (address on page 2). Support for family violence victims The Ontario Government innottnced new initiatives to support he victims of family violence in \lovember and named Jill Logan to read the program. When announcing the program, Deputy Premier Robert Welch ex- plained the initiatives will include atrategies to increase public ‘zwareness through information and sublic forums; the ongoing research and coalition of data on community based justice projects; and the provi- slot] of ad hoc, crisis financial aid for existing transition shelters. For more information on this pro- gram. contact the Ontario Women’s Directorate, Room 1201, 12th Floor, 36 Wellesley St. W., Toronto, M7A 2B7. Next F W10 meeting The semi-annual board meeting of FWIO will be held at the Bond Place Hotel, Toronto. April 16 to 19, 1984. Visit the Lee Ontario Women’s Institute Days at the Erland Lee (Museum) Home will be held June 5. 6 and 7. Bus reserva- tions can be made with Mrs. Victor Beachin. R.R. l. 552 Ridge Road. Stoney Creek. Ontario. L86 3X4. McKercher Scholarship The Helen M. McKercher scholar» ship was established by the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario. in recognition of Helen M. McKercher's contribution to Home Economics. VALUE: $1,200.00 (a) First half will be paid at the beginning of the course. the re- mainder upon Completion. Us) Course must be completed within 5 years of acceptance, ELIGIBILITY: Canadian Citizen. Ontario resident for at least five years. (a) Home Economics Graduate of recognized Canadian University, pursuing studies in any area of Home Economics or related fields such as Extension Educa» tion, Business Administration and Education. OR (b) Canadian Diploma Course Graduate of Home Economics Education who plans to advance to degree level. APPLICATION FORMS: Obtainable from â€" Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, Guelph Agriculture Centre. PO. Box l030. Guelph, Ontario NIH 6N! Deadline: June 30. 1984 Mark this (late international Women’s Day is March 8. 1984. information you should know H oodless Fund needs support The Hoodless Homestead Fund has not reached its goal and needs your suppon. Send donations or In Memoriams to the FWlC office, ad- dress on page 2. If you ordered A C It ’ w photos . If you ordered photographs. or haven't paid for some ordered at the Ontario party at the ACWW confer ence in Vancouver. please write to Mrs. Mabel Logan. 574 McGregor Rd.. Sarnia, Ontario. NTI‘ 7H5. Resolutions continued from page H legislation to prevent further tragic accidents of this nature, to increase the unrealistic fine imposed on those found guilty of insecure loads as related to the fine imposed on those found guilty of overweight loads and that action be taken immediately. WHEREAS one in ten Canadian women are battered by the men they are married to or live common-law with; and two thirds of all divorce applications art: filed by women; more than onc- quartcr of these divorces arc rc- quested on grounds including physical cruelty; and WHEREAS eight of ten women scoli- ing shelter in a Canadian Transition House had been beaten while they were pregnant; and one out of three residents in homes for battered women had been beaten weekly or daily; and WHEREAS 45% of the Canadian population lives in an area without the service of a shelter and beaten women in thesi- areas have nowhere to seek refuge; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Federated Women's lusti- tulcs of Ontario urge the Govern- ment of Ontario to take steps [0 see that funding is made available for the provision and upkccp of shelters for battered women. 2]