Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)

The aim of this study was to develop a better understanding of the issues surrounding teen pregnancy among Aboriginal women, in order to adequately respond to the needs of young Aboriginal mothers through effective policies, programs and practices.

A review of the English-language international literature, excluding Canada, about the psychosocial effects of BSE. Comprises social science literature since 1996 addressing the impacts of BSE (also known as "Mad Cow disease") on farm families and rural communities, with special emphasis on the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan.

Describes the Boil Water Advisory data and its limitations for the current Women and Water research, in order to build a foundation for future work.

Examines information on the issues that affect the health and well-being of low-income women with children, their families and the communities in which they live as well as several of the key policy implications of these findings and recommendations for action.

Analyzes the Highlights and Recommendations of Out of the Shadows at Last (the Kirby-Keon Report) with a gender-place lens focused on women living in rural and remote areas in Saskatchewan.

Describes the process of sex- and gender-based analysis and offers a collection of case studies and commentaries that illustrate SGBA in action. The book is of interest to people working on policy, planning and research and to people at various levels of government. It will help readers understand sex- and gender-based analysis and learn how to apply it in their work for and with women and men, girls and boys.

A synopsis of the two day symposium on the mental health of women health care workers that took place in November 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia

Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Ontario, this document looks at such themes as workplace HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, youth and prevention, breastfeeding, and gender-based analysis and HIV resources.

Examines the relationship between violence, engagement in risk behaviours, HIV exposure, and economic conditions.

Reports on the Rural Women’s Action Workshop held on April 7-8, 2006 in Carlyle, SK. Looks at ways to improve the situation of rural women and to bring their recommendations forward to decision-makers.