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Wed, 18 May 2005

Beijing Betrayed

Women Worldwide Report that Governments Have Failed to Turn the Platform into Action

Women Worldwide Report that Governments Have Failed to Turn the Platform into Action

The Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) launched its global assessment of countries' progress on the Beijing commmitments during the 10 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action in New York. The chapter on Canada, written by FAFIA, focuses on the realities of Aboriginal women in Canada.

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Sun, 06 Mar 2005

Global Review Examines the State of Women's Equality

Canadian Women's Groups Seek Greater Accountability from their Governments

On the Eve of International Women's Day, Canadian Women's Groups Seek Greater Accountability from their Governments

At a global conference currently underway at the UN in New York, over 25 women's groups from Canada are presenting their views on Canada's progress on a major international platform of action for women's equality signed ten years ago in Beijing. One hundred and eighty-eight countries, and thousands of women are in attendance at the conference.

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Tue, 22 Feb 2005

Women's Health in Canada: Beijing and Beyond

Both the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA)contain specific sections on women's health that mutually reinforce the link between women's health and human rights, since CEDAW is a human rights treaty with the force of international law and the PFA is a policy commitment of the highest order, confirmed by the UN General Assembly in 1995 and again in 2000.

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Sat, 01 Jan 2005

A DECADE OF GOING BACKWARDS : Canada in the Post-Beijing Era

In this report, FAFIA provides: 1) a description of the impact of social program restructuring on women in the decade between 1995 and 2005; 2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of some Canadian institutional mechanisms for advancing the equality of women; and 3) examples of discrimination against Aboriginal women, in the law and in the operation of the justice system