Last week, the Discourse team joined reporter Jacqueline Ronson in the Cowichan Valley for the regional International Women’s Day festival. Their goal was to learn more about how journalists can serve women in the community. At the rally in Duncan on March 9, the team heard calls for more happy stories, intergenerational experiences and in-depth coverage of the child welfare system. Here’s more in the words of the a few women themselves:
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