Australia's first female Muslim MP Anne Aly has delivered a powerful speech on feminism, saying men often get credit for women's work and calling for women to step up into positions of power.
In the summer of 2015, a group of Rohingya refugee youth (ages 8-22) from Kitchener, Ontario decided enough was enough. No longer would the plight of their people be ignored by the media and the international community. Together, they opted to share the stories of their families’ harrowing escape from Burma, chronicling what life is like living in a refugee camp and portraying the struggles of resettling in a new country.
Author: Jackie Sharkie Source: CBC The Waterloo Region Crime Prevention [...]
Author: Dina al-Shibeeb Source: Al-Arabiya Ginella Massa, who on Friday [...]
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A new report from the United Nations is calling on Canada to get to work on a number of barriers still facing women when it comes to gender equality and urging the government to take more concerted steps to stop violence against indigenous women and girls.
Author: Kevin Rollason Source: Winnipeg Free Press The Hazelwood Mosque [...]
Author: Kate Samuelson Source: Time Although the U.S. did not [...]
Violence against women is an on-going epidemic in our country. Data released last year by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics in a report on criminal victimization in Canada revealed that sexual assault remains the only crime in Canada for which there has been no decline in the last decade.
Author: Noor Javed Source: Toronto Star Two trustees are asking [...]