Thank you for your interest in supporting women’s rights in Canada!

To sign on to the pledge,  please:

FAX your signed pledge card to FAFIA’s head office at 613-822-5089

or

EMAIL FAFIA (info@fafia-afai.org) from (one of) your official campaign addresses the text of the pledge followed by your name and coordinates. 

For more information on how you can demonstrate your commitment to women’s equality during this election, contact Nancy Peckford, FAFIA’s Program Director at 613-232-9505, x222 or 613-292-7941, or by e-mail at info@fafia-afai.org

By signing the pledge, party leaders and candidates commit to support concrete and immediate measures, as recommended by the United Nations, to ensure governments fully uphold their equality commitments to women in Canada.

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Text of CEDAW pledge:

Yes, I’m ready to support women’s human rights and I agree that Canada has more to do to meet its international obligations to women’s equality.

If elected, I, ______________ will take concrete and immediate measures, as recommended by the United Nations, to ensure that Canada fully upholds its commitments to women in Canada.