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Gender-based violence seems to be on the rise in workplaces dominated by women.
Violence against workers in female-dominated public-sector jobs is on the rise. As the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence comes to a close, unions are calling for measures to address this increasing (…)
, by KINGSTON Anne
Canadians who reassure themselves that the southern state’s abortion ban couldn’t possibly ever happen here haven’t been paying attention
On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled Alabama Senate voted to approve a sweeping law to ban abortion in the state, at every stage of pregnancy, even in cases of rape and incest (the only exceptions would be if the mother’s life is at “serious risk” or in cases of “lethal fetal anomaly”). The bill was passed into law on Wednesday by the state’s (...)
, by GEADAH Yolande
The text entitled “Quebec feminists maintain support for public sector hijab ban”, published on the site of Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (ESSF) criticizes the Fédération des femmes du Québec -FFQ (Quebec Federation of Women) for postponing the discussion scheduled in the agenda of its (…)
, by DRIMONIS Toula
A lack of solidarity by a major Quebec feminist group towards Muslim women has many fuming. During a 10-hour special assembly last weekend, the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) decided to once again postpone issuing a statement of unconditional support for Muslim women who wear religious (…)
, by ARTHUR Joyce
On January 28, 2013, Canada will celebrate 25 years of reproductive freedom. Since our Supreme Court struck down Canada’s abortion law in 1988, our country’s experience is proof that laws against abortion are unnecessary. A full generation of Canadians has lived without a law and we are better (…)
, by ANNIS Roger, DOIG Reve, Georgia Straight
Scores of women have gone missing and been murdered in British Columbia over past decades. Most are poor and Native Indian. Many worked in the sex trade, particularly in Vancouver.
In 2002, Robert Pickton was arrested under suspicion that he was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Press Conference NAF (National Abortion Federation, Action Canada for Population development and the Ad-Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights held a press Conference on June 22, 2010 , and the following letter was subsequently delivered to the Prime Minister’s office. (…)
, by ALCOBA Natalie, TREMONTI Anna Maria
The night before Aqsa Parvez died, she danced to Indian music under the loving gaze of a Muslim family she had adopted as her own.
The rebellious teenager did not see eye to eye with her parents, so she moved in with a Mississauga family, and last Sunday happily took part in a birthday (…)
, by WILKES Jim
The suggestion of violent disputes between a 16-year-old girl in Mississauga and her father over her desire to show her hair and live a “normal” lifestyle raises questions about tensions between parents and children in the Muslim community.
See also: A dialogue on the Aqsa Parvez case (…)
, by BONISTEEL Mandy, McLEAN Marilyn, WILLATS Anna
Women in Canada have been organizing to fight violence for over 30 years. Every service that supports those affected by violence in relationships, sexual violence, sexual harassment and child sexual abuse exists because of the relentless efforts of feminist activists and counsellors to awaken a (…)
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