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The Future is Female

Isabel Inclan March 9, 2019 No Comments discrimination empowering women gender equality inequality International Women's Day sexual harassment women's rights

A recent Nanos survey shows that as Canadian women are getting older, they feel less equal than men

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Books

Women Noticeably Absent from Democracy Discussion

Danica Samuel April 11, 2016 No Comments authors books DEMOCRACY gender gender equality inequality Inequity Phillipines POLITICS South Africa Spain women

A discussion on democratic transitions highlighted the need to include the role of women when examining how world leaders have created democratic societies around the…

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Education

Increased Effort Needed to Keep Girls in Afghanistan Schools

Diba Hareer June 20, 2015 No Comments Afghanistan EDUCATION foreign aid gender equality GIRLS Kabul Kandahar SCHOOLS

In September 2010, I received a phone call from Afghanistan. My relative, Meena, was on the other end. The Grade 9 schoolgirl was upset because…

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Commentary

Our Male Chauvinist Culture

Fred Maroun November 12, 2014 No Comments Canada forced marriages frosh week gender equality honour killings Jian Ghomeshi polygamy Rape sexual assault Sheila Copps university campus violence against women women women's rights

Canada’s government will shortly introduce a bill intended to further discourage “barbaric cultural practices,” such as polygamy, forced marriages, and “honour” killings. I suspect that…

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