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    part one of choice in Canada: access to abortions

    by Sarah Ghabrial | Sep 16, 2008

    Beyond recent bills, beyond Henry Morgentaler – beyond all the rhetoric for and against choice – many women still face huge barriers when it comes to getting safe abortion procedures in this country. “There is an assumption that, as long as we’ve got the legislation, the work is done.” It is the wrong assumption to make. read more

  • Reviews

    stacked: Emergency Librarian, celebrating the history of a radical feminist Canadian periodical

    by Frances Rooney | Sep 1, 2008

    In 1973, Sherrill Cheda, Phyllis Yaffe and Barbara Clubb thought it was odd that most librarians were women, but most people who ran libraries were men. They decided to publish something that would take women seriously. In Emergency Librarian, lesbians, women with disabilities, and women of colour wrote articles and had their books reviewed. And library workers wrote about how to break the glass ceiling. Snap! read more

  • News

    report: homeless women in Canada

    by Sierra Bacquie | Aug 22, 2008

    Two recent reports shed new and disturbing light on the unique circumstances and particular hardships faced by homeless women in Canada. Rarely is the public given the insight into the specifics of homeless women’s daily lives that these documents provide. read more

  • Ideas

    report from the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women: all things (not) being equal

    Jul 25, 2008

    Facts and figures from the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women. News for those who think women have reached equality. News for those who think the status of women has not improved. read more

  • Reviews

    a museum of the future?: Canadian Human Rights Museum

    by Marianne Cerilli | Jul 18, 2008

    It will take strong and steady efforts and real resources for Canada to change current conditions, securing social and economic rights now and in the future. The museum will soon start to choose staff and a board of trustees. This important group of people will determine if it can become a viable way to improve human rights. read more

  • News

    living with violence: a national report on domestic abuse in Afghanistan, Global Rights: Partners for Justice

    by Diya Nijhowne and Lauryn Oates | Jul 4, 2008

    The high levels of violence taking place within Afghan households indicates an environment in which women are valued less than men. Situating domestic violence within an international human rights framework is important: it shifts responsibility for responding to domestic violence away from a moral or charitable act of individuals and converts it into also being a binding legal obligation of the government.  read more

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    I come here speaking from my heart

    by Beverley Jacobs | Jun 12, 2008

    My ancestors ... tried hard to fight against you because they knew what was happening. They knew what was coming, but we have had so much impact from colonization and that is what we are dealing with today ... Women have taken the brunt of it all ... What is it that this government is going to do in the future to help our people? read more

  • News

    a new day has dawned

    by Mary Simon | Jun 12, 2008

    On June 11, 2008, Mary Simon stood in the House of Commons and made a statement in response to the historic apology to former students of Indian residential schools. The words of the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami are themselves historic: “I stand here today ready to work with you, as Inuit have always done, to craft new solutions and new arrangements based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility.”  read more

  • People

    activist artist: Persimmon Blackbridge, other matters

    by Frances Rooney | May 30, 2008

    Her creative work deals with the experiences of those who’ve been through both the mental health and prison systems. Through her art, Persimmon has explored body image, community, depression, sexuality, alcoholism, marginalization, disabilities, pornography, and war. Her latest search for a collaborator is very personal. She is looking for a kidney donor. Her situation reveals something startling: Canada has one of the lowest organ donation rates among industrialized countries. read more

  • News

    report from British Columbia: building a highway of hope

    by Jessica Yee | May 13, 2008

    The Highway of Tears community forums have travelled across British Columbia, bringing messages of empowerment through pride of culture to youth living in remote regions. We have been blessed to witness the incredible force of youth, who simply need an avenue to make their voices heard. We can assure you that they are ready to take on the world, and change it for the better. read more

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