Bill C-6: Conversion Therapy
There is a lot of conversations happening across Canada around Bill C-6, a bill that if passed, will ban conversion therapy in Canada. Provincially, since 2015, several provinces and territories, including British Columbia, Ontario, [...]
Celebrate 1325 by Turning Ink on Paper into Actions on the Ground
Twenty years ago, and after many years of mobilization and advocacy by women’s movements and civil society, the United [...]
The Late Aline Chrétien
2nd Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 152, Issue 7 Thursday, October 29, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker [...]
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 152, Issue 3 Thursday, October 1, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker [...]
National Nursing Week 2020: The Struggle is Real
As cities and businesses begin to slowly re-open around the world, think back to a year ago. Life was normal. We were hustling to our jobs, to our schools. We were thinking of the next event on our social calendar. Fast forward six months later and we hear rumblings [...]
International Nurses Day 2020
Today is International Nurses Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, in honour of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale. This year, in particular, gives greater meaning to the word “nurse”. In a world infected with Covid19, nurses have demonstrated [...]
Lessons From My Mother
My mother taught me many values as all our mothers do. My mother taught me the value of education. She was the first woman to attend Higher education in Nairobi, Kenya, She became a mathematics teacher. I get really touched when I go to JamatKhana or even to other [...]
Women Have Warned About Food Insecurity Long Before The World Noticed
Over a month ago, women peacebuilders from across the world warned about food insecurity and a food crisis that will hit vulnerable countries. They saw the problem unfold in their communities and raised their voices in many venues to alert the world to the crisis. The women, as they [...]
Women Peacebuilders Fighting Against Food Insecurity
Photo Credit: International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and WASL Partners (Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership) More than 820 million people do not have enough to eat. Of these, 113 million are coping with severe hunger. Families in the [...]
Iran needs to release prisoners of conscience at risk because of COVID-19
Iran is one of the worst-affected countries by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and it has begun to release a number of its prisoners of conscience who are put at great risk by the spread of the disease. Iran needs to do more. It is time for Iran to release [...]
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