This article profiles organizations across Canada working to better women's health. Lists mission statements, program intentions and community involvement.
This article demonstrates in portraits how some immigrant women, women of colour and native women are working to eradicate the bias they face while accessing the health care system. Examines how some immigrant women, women of colour and native women enrich the existing system by incorporating the wisdom of other cultures.
This article highlights reasons why a Canadian Women's Health Network is necessary. Outlines the importance of maintaining a united pro choice feminist voice on women on health issues.
Formerly the Women's Edge Coalition, Women Thrive Worldwide is a non-profit organization that shapes U.S. policy to help women in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. Founded in 1998, Women Thrive develops, shapes, and advocates for policies that foster economic opportunity for women living in poverty. They focus on making U.S. international assistance and trade programs prioritize women, and bring together a diverse coalition of over 50 organizations and 40,000 individuals united in the belief that empowering women is not only right, it’s also the key to ending global poverty.
Conclusions concertées de la cinquante-cinquième session de la Commission de la condition de la femme
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Draft agreed conclusions submitted by the Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women on the basis of informal consultations on the theme - Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women's equal access to full employment and decent work.
An international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women's organizations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education and other human rights. They provide resources and training to enable their sister organizations to meet these goals by addressing immediate needs in their communities and developing long-term solutions to the crises they face.
Regarding the recent cuts to Status of Women Canada, the author discusses how grassroots women's organizations across the country fulfill an essential democratic process and function as an accountability mechanism to government.
Explores trends in the funding landscape to propose possible strategies for women's organisations to get the resources they need to advance in their work.
