Surviving on Hope is Not Enough: Women's Health, Poverty, Justice & Income
Support in Manitoba

http://dawn.thot.net/election2004/issues48.htm

Respect, better benefits, information and advocacy will reduce stress and
enhance independence. Women's health is harmed by stress created by the
welfare system, according to a study sponsored by the Prairie Women's
Health Centre of Excellence. The report will be launched on May 28.
According to principal investigator Rhonda Wiebe, "In our study the women
described the stress of being dependent on a system that shames and
scrutinizes them, withholds significant information from them, is
inaccessible at critical times in their lives, and blatantly expresses no
interest in understanding the day-to-day factors in their lives."

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