Publications

For Girls Only ! Manitoba Status of Women has published a guide for girls and a journal that goes with it. Use them to help prepare for all kinds of challenges. 4 Girls Only! can help you build on an incredibly important resource - yourself! 4 Girls Only ! (second edition) @ Vous Les Filles ! Journal (anglais seulement)

Below you will find links to publications by the Manitoba Status of Women Division. These documents cover a range of issues, and share knowledge, information and resources with women in Manitoba.

Living in Manitoba: A Resource Guide for Immigrant Women
This guide will help immigrant women who are new to Manitoba navigate resources and services in our province. It takes into account the unique settlement experiences of immigrant women and offers advice on cultural practices, housing, child care, and legal rights and protections.

• Living in Manitoba: A Resource Guide for Immigrant Women
• Vivre au Manitoba: Guide de resources à l’intention des femmes immigrantes
• Library Insert (English)

Taking the Lead: Women Who Have Made a Difference in Manitoba
Since 1992, women in Canada have celebrated Women's History Month in October. During this month, we recognize and honour women's accomplishments throughout our country's history. Their achievements mark a path for us to follow, and serve as strong examples for us to continue their work.

• Taking the Lead: Women who have made a difference in Manitoba (pdf)
• Prendre les devants : des femmes d’excellence au Manitoba (pdf)

The Parenting on Your Own Handbook (ninth edition, 2009)

• Parenting on Your Own (pdf)
• Quand on est parent unique (pdf)

This guide advises single parents of their rights and lists services and supports that are available in the community, such as housing, income, child care and legal services. It is an excellent resource for anyone accessing services in Manitoba.

The Status of Women Division provides this document as a guide to resources and information, not as an endorsement of any listed service.

Order a printed copy of the Parenting On Your Own Guide:

• The order form in PDF format - suitable if you want to fill it in and mail or fax it to us.
• The order form as an Excel spreadsheet - suitable if you want to fill it in and email it to us (informationresources@gov.mb.ca).

Inspiring Women

• Inspiring Women - brochure (pdf)
• Inspiring Women - poster (pdf)
• Des femmes qui nous inspirent (brochure) (pdf)
• Des femmes qui nous inspirent (poster) (pdf)

These publications celebrate Manitoba's accomplishment of having the highest number of female Members of the Legislative Assembly in Manitoba's history, the highest percentage in Canada, as well as contributions made by several Manitoba women to their communities in a variety of arenas, including grassroots organizations, businesses and politics.

Tips for Working Alone: Keeping Safe at Work (pdf)
This book provides some basic tips about keeping safe at work. It also explains what employers are required to do to protect employees from experiencing violence.

Manitoba's communities are, on the whole, safe places in which to live and work. However, a first-ever study of its kind released in February 2007 revealed that nearly one-fifth of all incidents of violent victimization occurred in the victim's workplace.

Taking Action Against Violence
This comprehensive guide is designed to help service providers support women who have experienced abuse. It addresses guidelines and services in the fields of criminal justice, social services, health, housing and education to help victims and, ultimately, end domestic violence. It contains valuable information for service providers and sets out the initiatives and changes that have been implemented to support zero tolerance. Originally developed in 1995, this guide was updated in 2007.

• Taking Action Against Violence (pdf)

• Agissons contre la violence (pdf)

About Women Newsletter
About Women is a newsletter that focuses on issues, concerns, information and activities of interest to women in Manitoba.

Spring, 2007 issue (in pdf format).

Essays on Women's History Month
October is Women's History Month. Rediscover our history by learning about the women who helped to create it. Each of these essays describes women who made history in Manitoba.

• Fighting Days: Women's Employment and the Right to Work in Manitoba (1900-1960) (pdf) by Dr. Esyllt Jones
• A History of Women Educators in Manitoba (pdf) by Clare Levin
• Women Working for Healthy Communities by Ada Duca and Janice Linton (Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library)
• Manitoba Borders: Women Writing over the Line: A historical overview of ten Manitoba Women Writers by Shelley Sweeney and Jan Horner (Archives & Special Collections,University of Manitoba Libraries)
• The Art of Work: Women and Craft in Manitoba 1880-1950 by Professor Claudine Majzels (Art History and Women's Studies Programs, University of Winnipeg)