Women in Public Policy Initiative Phase 3 Letter

Women in Public Policy Initiative
c/o Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
PO Box 3070
Halifax, NS B3J 3G9
Tel: (902) 4707805,
Fax: (902) 470-6752

Anne Webb, WIPP Coordinator
Webjacob@web.ca

November 29, 2002

Dear previous WIPP participant:

We are writing to you on the basis of your involvement in 1999 - 2000 in earlier phases of the Women in Public Policy initiative. These phases involved research and a national workshop that lead to the production of "Never Give Up" Women Making Policy Change (1999) and Steps Toward a Credible and Inclusive Public Policy Process (2000).

We have now received further funding from Status of Women Canada to conduct an evaluation. We are sending to you a questionnaire to assess how and if the Steps document has been useful to your group's/department's activities related to affecting any aspect of public policy, whether it be a part of the policymaking process, a particular program or policy, or your group's/department's capacity to affect policy, for example.

Part 2 of the questionnaire seeks general information concerning how being involved in public policy development in some manner impacts diverse community-based equality seeking organizations. We wish to better understand what do such groups gain and relinquish by engaging in public policy processes in any manner.

The responses that you and all other WIPP participants provide will be written up in a report and distributed to all those who take part in this evaluation. Further, the findings will be used to inform the general public, academics and government of the implications for diverse community-based groups of engaging in policy development and reform.

Any responses you can provide to the questions attached would be greatly appreciated. Please put your answers in the mail or fax by [December 9] -- extended to March 21, 2003.

If you wish to view Steps you can access it at http://dawn.thot.net/wipp, and you would have received a paper copy of the document in June or July 2000. WIPP is still overseen by a National Advisory Committee.

Please feel free to contact the co-Chairs, Kamal Sehgal aniw@shaw.ca Tel: 403 262-8040) or Linda Snyder Linda.snyder@dal.ca Tel: 902 470-7805), or Anne Webb (WIPP coordinator) webjacob@web.ca Tel: 902-470-7805) with any questions or for further information you would like.

Thank you very much for any information you can contribute to this evaluation. Please return the questionnaire (mail, fax or e-mail information at the top of this letter) by March 21, 2003 (extended from Dec 9, 2002)

Sincerely,

Anne Webb
WIPP Coordinator
webjacob@web.ca
Tel: 902-470-7805

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