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Tue, 2012-09-18 17:06
Investigating the systemic barriers immigrant women face in Toronto's labour market and the impacts on health
This recent issue of the Ontario Women’s Health Network (OWHN) E-Bulletin gives a snapshot of Access Alliance's forthcoming report addressing...
Sat, 2012-09-15 12:01
Routine blood and ultrasound tests given to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer do more harm than good and should not be performed, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended this month.
According to the task force panel, ...
Thu, 2012-09-13 13:21
September 12 is the first ever Global Female Condom Day, intended to help raise awareness of the female condom as an option for pregnancy and HIV prevention. The female condom is the only available woman-initiated method available that offers dual...
Wed, 2012-09-12 16:12
PRESS RELEASE
(OTTAWA, ON) On September 6, 2012 – The Native Women’s Association of Canada’s new President, Michelle Audette, denounces Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s (AANDC) funding cuts and pledges to ensure that Canadian...
Wed, 2012-09-12 16:11
Deadline for application is Wednesday, September 19th, 4 p.m. EST.
CRIAW invites applications for a 2-3-day/week Project Manager to manage the FemNorthNet research project and its community leadership development initiative for underrepresented...
Wed, 2012-09-12 16:09
Closing date: September 15 2012
They’re looking for a dynamic ADVOCACY & POLICY INTERN who wants to learn more about how women’s rights organizations work and make a meaningful contribution to our advocacy and policy program.
They're also...
Wed, 2012-09-12 16:08
Making Menstruation Matter: 20th Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
Marymount Manhattan College
New York City
June 6-8, 2013
-How and why does menstruation matter?
-What is the role of the menstrual cycle in...
Wed, 2012-09-12 16:06
What if you knew you could go to prison for something you couldn't change?
Women's voices have rarely been heard on this important issue. What happens if a woman does not disclose her HIV-positive status to a sexual partner?
How does criminalization...
Wed, 2012-09-12 16:04
The planning committee welcomes you to submit a poster or oral abstract to the 2013 North American Refugee Health Conference. A limited number of workshops will also be considered.
The North American Refugee Health Conference is recognized as the premier...
Fri, 2012-09-07 14:13
The National Network on Environments and Women's Health (NNEWH) is looking for a part-time Research Administrator (contract position until March 2013).
If interested, please find more details in the on-line posting (PDF).
The National Network on...
Fri, 2012-09-07 10:42
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2012
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team in Gender, Environment & Health has sent out a CALL FOR APPLICATIONS to attend Integrating Sex & Gender at the Laboratory Bench: A "Concept...
Fri, 2012-09-07 10:37
The latest Cochrane review on the evidence on hormonal therapy (HT) in peri- and postmenopausal women finds:
“HT significantly increases the risk of a coronary event, venous thrombo-embolism, stroke, breast cancer, gallbladder disease and death from lung...
Fri, 2012-09-07 10:35
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released results of a study finding that girls with higher exposures to a common household chemical tend to start their periods an average of seven months earlier than girls with lower exposures to...
Fri, 2012-09-07 10:00
A recent Our Bodies, Our Blog post commented on gender bias in a press release about women and unpaid work.
The press release was about a study comparing the number of hours that women and men (those who are employed outside the home and those...
Thu, 2012-09-06 16:35
Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection entitled Indigenous Mothering, Family and
Community: International Perspectives
Editors: Dr. D. Memee Lavell-Harvard and Dr. Kim Anderson
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: January 7, 2013
The voices of...
Thu, 2012-09-06 16:27
Early bird registration EXTENDED to September 15, 2012!
Detailed conference program now available online!
The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children (School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University), in partnership with the...
Thu, 2012-08-30 15:22
UN Women, in collaboration with the IASC Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action, is commissioning a research study to assess how gender equality programming (GEP) influences humanitarian outcomes.
While several studies have documented...
Thu, 2012-08-30 12:07
Deadline, October 1, 2012
Attached is the 2nd call for proposals for SELLING SICKNESS, 2013: PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS, a grassroots February 20-22, 2013 in Washington, D. C. conference for academic scholars, healthcare reformers, consumer activists,...
Thu, 2012-08-30 12:04
Through the Ontario Woman Abuse Screening Project, over 150 woman abuse/sexual assault and mental health and addiction health agencies in thirteen regions, as well as women with lived experience, are collaborating to ensure woman abuse/sexual assault/...
Thu, 2012-08-30 11:52
Questions on Openness and Transparency to Key Stakeholders
Health Canada’s therapeutic health product vigilance program is seeking to identify possible areas of improvement with regards to the openness and transparency of health product...
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