Making it happen Everything you need to know about money but were afraid to ask

Press, 15 July 1982, Page 12

Making it happen Everything you need to know about money but were afraid to ask

Money making skills The recent concern shown by the Society for Research on Women about women’s limited financial understanding has already stimulated a group to do something about it. Catalyst Incorporated, the Christchurch-based organisation for women , in management, is running two related seminars . under the title Money Making Skills. Being held at the Y.W.C.A. on July 31 and August 7, they look at the need for profit, examine financial reports, and suggest ways to invest one’s money advantageously. "The seminar has arisen as a result of the S.R.O.W. report which found that women had little money to control, and didn’t understand financial reports. We believe it is the. same in business — women don't get. promoted because they don't understand the financial aspects of business,” observed Carol Lightfoot, Catalyst president. The first session is on profit. Speakers are Alma McMillan, an Auckland shopping mall consultant; Lesley Clouston, manager of the Small Business Agency in Christchurch, and a Catalyst founder; and Richard Ballantyne. a retailer. There will be films and workshops to drive the message home.

The second session is on investment. It will be led by Bernard Rue, of Trustees and -Executors, and two stockbrokers, Richard- Egden and John Lee. . Z •< . Both sessions run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The. second day could be most helpful to women with a little free time oh their hands, and money to invest. “Money Making Skills" will conclude with , a dinner at the Clarendon Hotel at which Ruth Richardson, M.P., will . be the guest speaker,, „. A. The two sessions cost' $35 (including lunch and refreshments), or. $2O each. Enquiries should be made to phone or phone ' 525-846, or. write to P.O. Box 13-610 for enrolment forms. .. . . Beat the blues According .to Betty Roberts, an organiser at the

Cracroft Community Centre, you'll overcome mid-winter blues if you'get out of the house and attend a few sessions they’re running for women. Coming up soon; July 20, 9.30 to 11.30 a.m., Keep the family healthy on your budget, and Vegetarian cookery; July 27, 9.30 to 11.30 a.m., a practical session on sewing; August 3, Sex role stereotyping of younger children (with film and discussion). Only $1 for each session; creche if needed. Ring Betty Roberts at 327-774 if you’re interested. • • • Independence Advertisements which portray women as independent and out-going have a better chance of selling products than those which show them in more traditional roles. That's the conclusion of a report just published by the Equal Opportunities Commission in Britain. Adam and the Ants Leeds (England) Women Against . Violence Against Women are backing a prose-. cution of the chart-topping pop group, Adam and. the Ants, for the pornographic pictures of women contained in their recent concert programme; ; The . programme, : which was on sale to. children, contained pictures of women being tortured, dismembered, and chained. Take a look in many record shops here. You will not like what you see. • • • Women's health conference

A Women's Health Conference is to be held in Auck-

land from September 17 to 19, to which all women are welcome. A professional symposium on Friday, September 17, is particularly designed for medical professionals of both sexes. It deals with topics such as Women's Involvement in Primary Health Care, Mental Health, Menopause and Menstruation, Violence Against Women, Depo Provera, and Third World Women. The two following days are oriented more towards the non-profeSs'ional, with sessions on Validity of Feminist Therapy, Lesbian Health Care, Abortion/Incest, Nutrition. Alternative Health Options and many more. The registration fee for the three-day conference is $l5. Full information and registration forms are available from the Young Women’s Christian Association, 85 Bealey Avenue, phone 63-063. • • • N.A.C.W.E. They say zeros amount- to nought, but a zero dropped from $500,000 makes a difference of $450,000. That’s the extra amount that was spent by the Department of Education during the past three years as a result of recommendations by the recentlyaxed National Advisory Committee on Women and Education - not $50,000 as reported on July 5. Quote Without money-making skills the emancipation of tvomen is a legal nicety.— Kat.e McCalman, Zimbabwe Women’s Bureau. Items for consideration in this column should be forwarded to Mrs J. Steincamp, P.O. Box 237, Christchurch, (phone 791-660).