[fvc-wat-announce] Documentary Showing of" Menocracy" January 26: Join Us!

[Anita]

Hi Fair Vote supporters.

Just a reminder of our documentary event on women and politics tomorrow (Thursday). Since we've had some emails from people we don't usually see at Fair Vote events to say they are planning to attend, we've moved to a slightly larger room in the same social work building - room 301 (third floor - there is an elevator or stairs). 

Hope to see many of you tomorow!

Anita

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Subject: Documentary Showing of" Menocracy" January 26: Join Us!


Hello Fair Vote Canada Waterloo supporters!

Our next event is a screening and discussion of "Menocracy", on loan from Fair Vote Canada Toronto, a Canadian documentary looking at why so few women are elected to our Parliament, what the implications are for how politics is done and what issues take priority, and what we can do about it (including proportional representation). Details about the documentary below.

What: Menocracy documentary (see the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoLWSzq2v74 )
When: Thursday January 26, 7 PM
Where: Lyle S. Hallman School of Social Work Auditorium (rm. 101) - go out the back of Kitchener's City Hall and the school is right across the street

Free. Everyone welcome! Building is wheelchair accessible (enter at the back for elevator). Refreshments provided. More info: Anita: lanickerson at b2b2c.ca or 519-568-7655

Thank you for your continued support of Fair Vote Canada Waterloo: Working to Make Every Vote Count!

Hope to see many of you soon.

Anita 

 
Description: When it comes to politics, why are so few women elected? And why do so few women actually run? Does it matter? Can we change this situation? 
Come to a showing of the film, Menocracy, an up-to-date and entertaining exploration of the issue made by Canadian filmmaker, Gretchen Kelbaugh. 

See the documentary trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoLWSzq2v74

Pushed by the spirit of her great-aunt, Militant Suffragette Gert Harding, Gretchen Kelbaugh searches for ways to elect more women. Leading political scientists and Rt Hon Kim Campbell, the only woman to be head of government in North America, offer many solutions.

This documentary asks:
1. What difference does it make having more women in government?
2. Why aren't there more women already?
3. What can we do to elect more women? 

In the end, Gretchen and the sassy spirit learn the surprising truth: not only does our rotten democracy fail women; it fails almost everyone. And the secret kept by top politicians: most other democracies have fixed the problem long ago. 


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