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Tag: women’s rights
The Future is Female
A recent Nanos survey shows that as Canadian women are getting older, they feel less equal than men
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Three cheers for Saudi Arabia! The conservative Kingdom has ruled that women can now drive and no longer need to be accompanied by a mahram (essentially a male guardian)…
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Experts Say More Concrete Action Needed for Women’s Education, Sexual Rights
On International Women’s Day, equal rights experts say that cabinet gender equality, a prime minister who calls himself a feminist and social media campaigns such…
View More Experts Say More Concrete Action Needed for Women’s Education, Sexual RightsWomen’s Organizers Hopeful Under Trudeau Leadership
Women’s rights advocates are looking for influential Canadian female figures to join a national women’s coalition to raise awareness about women’s issues and get more…
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Our Male Chauvinist Culture
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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It’s not about sex — it’s about the law
There has been much talk about York University’s decision to accommodate the religion-based request of a male online student to not engage in group meeting…
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