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Cybersafe Girl initiative presented at United Nations Commission
Cybersafe girl
Community Services and Seniors Minister Valerie E Docherty with (left to right front row) Hallie Currie, Kate Bartlett, (back row) Andrea Coady, Nicole Gallant and Tess Lyons, students at Stonepark Junior High check out the new Cybersafe Girl website.

Atlantic Ministers responsible for the Status of Women shared their new Cybersafe Girl initiative at the 57th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on March 6.

March is Social Work Month
Social Work Month
(L-R) PEI Association of Social Workers President Kelly MacWilliams; Community Services and Seniors Minister Valerie. E. Docherty; and Premier Robert Ghiz proclaim March as Social Work Month.

March is Social Work Month and the Department of Community Services and Seniors recognizes the valuable contribution that the province's 270 social workers make daily to Island families and communities.

March 8 is International Women's Day
PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women members
Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Valerie E. Docherty with Jane Ledwell, Executive Director of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women (far left) and new appointees Melissa Mullen (left), Mari Basiletti and Patti J. Wheatley.

To mark International Women's Day (IWD), three new members have been named to the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. IWD is an opportunity to reflect on progress towards gender equality and to honour contributions women have made and are making in Canada and around the world.

Family Violence Prevention Week is February 10 to 16
Family Violence Prevention Week
(L-R)Premier Robert Ghiz; Community Services and Seniors Minister Valerie Docherty; and Dr. Philip Smith, Chair of the Premier's Action Committee on Family Violence Prevention officially declare Family Violence Prevention Week 2013.

Premier Robert Ghiz has declared the week of February 10 to 16 as Prince Edward Island's Family Violence Prevention Week 2013. Events will be held in communities across Prince Edward Island during the week to recognize the important role all Islanders can play in family violence prevention.

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