National Post: Tories fund program hoping to combat ‘honour’ crimes in Canada’s Muslim community
“This funding is really an opportunity, a call to action [...]
Sun News Network: No honour in ‘honour killings’: Muslim women’s group
This article on the Government of Canada’s announcement for funding [...]
Women Who Inspire: Celebrations & Brunch
Join us on Sunday, October 6 starting at 10:30AM for [...]
Call for Abstracts
The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) is accepting proposals [...]
A Ramadan Message from our Director
“IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL. ALL [...]
CCMW Year End Review: Historical Landmarks, Triumphs and Looking Forward
Building upon its rich history of advocacy for Muslim women [...]
NGOs Expectations of the CSW57 and National Governments
Author: Nazila Isgandarova A large number of government representatives, senior [...]
UN CSW 57th Session: Domestic Violence and Human Rights
Author: Nazila Isgandarova CSW57 is full of excitements and experiences. [...]
Muslims seek dialogue with Jews through film
A local Muslim women’s group is reaching out to the Jewish community for greater dialogue through the screening of a documentary film that offers the perspective of those people of faith struggling against the hijacking of their religions by extremists. The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) has teamed up with the Montreal Dialogue Group (MDG) and the Canadian Friends of Rabbis for Human Rights to bring Out of Cordoba: Averroes and Maimonides in Their Time and Ours and its New York-based director Jacob Bender to Montreal.
Thoughtful translations of Quran are essential by Alia Hogben
This column was originally published in the February 2nd, 2013 [...]