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Mon, 21 Jun 2010

Leading Women’s and Reproductive Rights Organizations Urge Canadian PM and G8 Leaders to Address Family Planning and Abortion Care at Summit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ottawa, Canada, June 22, 2010—Five Canadian advocacy groups have for months been calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to address family planning and abortion care in the G8 maternal and child health initiative. They now have the support of:

• more than 100 International organizations from the G8 and other countries,
• five former directors of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
• a former Prime Minister of Japan,
• parliamentarians in 18 different countries, and

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010

Proposed law fails to give aboriginal women equality

By Shelagh Day and Joyce Green,
Special to The Leader-Post
April 27, 2010

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Wed, 14 Apr 2010

Sharon McIvor Testifies before the House Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

April 14, 2010

Sharon McIvor, accompanied by Gwen Brodsky, testified before the House Committee on Aboriginal Affairs today. For nearly three decades, McIvor has led the battle to see equal treatment for Aboriginal women with respect to Indian status registration. During her testimony McIvor recognized those who engaged in the struggle for equal rights to Indian status under the Indian Act before her court case commenced in 1989, including Mary Two-Axe Early, Jeannette Lavell, and Sandra Lovelace.

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Mon, 12 Apr 2010

Canadian Feminist Social Network Launches

The Antigone Foundation has launched "Antigone Connect." Antigone Connect is an online site working to engage women’s organizations and feminists across the country to work collaboratively for women’s rights and equality in Canada and around the world. We are hoping to create a powerful online network that will be able to help lead the Canadian women’s movement forward in the coming years.

Connect here: http://antigoneconnect.ning.com/

Tue, 16 Mar 2010

FAFIA CEDAW Workshop - Yellowknife, NWT

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FAFIA CEDAW Workshop
Yellowknife, NWT

FAFIA’s second northern CEDAW Train-the-trainer meeting took place in Yellowknife, NWT on February 12th and 13th, 2010. Twenty –two women participated in the training.

Over the two days, participants discussed the CEDAW Convention, the review process and how to relate this international instrument to their communities. As well, the group looked at how CEDAW was being implemented in the territory and how organizations and individuals could take an active role in monitoring CEDAW implementation and participate in future CEDAW reviews.

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Tue, 02 Feb 2010

Canada Ignores Women’s Human Rights

February 2, 2010 (Ottawa) Canada is ignoring the basic human rights of the poorest and most vulnerable Canadian women, says the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) in a new report issued today. No Action: No Progress assesses Canada’s response to priority recommendations that were made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women after its review of Canada in 2008. At that time, the Committee identified two areas in which human rights violations were so pressing that they required immediate action:

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