Archive for category Women’s Rights
Stephen Harper missing women’s health summit
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Women's Rights on June 7, 2010
By Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Toronto Star, June 6, 2010
WASHINGTON—The cavernous halls of the Washington Convention Center are awash in colourful djellabas, shalwar kameez, saris and African print cottons as the world’s biggest maternal health conference opens Monday with a speech by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
But missing in action is Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who, as host of the G20 conference in Toronto later this month, has made saving the lives of the half-million women who die each year din pregnancy and childbirth his core theme. Read on »
Our local Liberal candidate on maternal health
Posted by sitemaster in Foreign Policy, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Liberals, Women's Rights on May 19, 2010
For the Harper Conservatives, it seems possible to talk about maternal health care without mentioning the word abortion. Read on »
Female academics ‘discouraged’ after women shut out of funding
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Women's Rights on May 19, 2010
By Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press May 19, 2010
OTTAWA — It was a great day for Canadian academic excellence. For women, not so much.
Industry Minister Tony Clement announced the first 19 Canada excellence research chairs Monday, which bring world-renowned scientists to Canadian universities in order to lead research programs in fields ranging from biology to computer technology to the Arctic.
But on the gender-equity scorecard: Men 19, Women 0. Read on »
Planned Parenthood gets silent treatment from Ottawa
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Foreign Policy, Health & Safety, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Women's Rights on May 14, 2010
By Olivia Ward, Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Toronto Star, May 13, 2010
One of the world’s biggest health-care providers for vulnerable women appears to have fallen victim to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s zero tolerance policy on abortion.
In London, International Planned Parenthood Federation is waiting for a call from Canada that will preserve life-saving programs that help 31 million women and children. Read on »
Lancet medical journal slams Canada, Stephen Harper on abortion
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Foreign Policy, Health & Safety, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Women's Rights on May 7, 2010
By Mary Vallis, The National Post, May 7, 2010
One of the world’s leading medical journals is slamming Stephen Harper’s Conservative government’s “conscious decision” not to support groups that undertake abortions in developing countries. Read on »
Liberals circulate ‘interesting’ government funding list
Posted by sitemaster in Accountability, Conservatives, Human Rights, Liberals, Women's Rights on May 6, 2010
By Karina Roman, CBC News, May 5, 2010
So there’s been lots of talk in the past few days about women’s groups that have been de-funded by the Conservative government and debate about why they are losing their funding. Last night on CBC’s Power and Politics, Conservative MP Candace Hoeppner said the government was simply being more “focused” in their approach to funding groups.
The Liberals, not surprisingly, don’t see it that way and have been working on a list of groups they say are losing their money because they don’t share the government’s ideology (not all the groups themselves agree with this characterization). But along with handing out that list, they have also added a list of groups and programs that are getting government grants. Let’s be clear, this list is not complete in any way. In fact, it could be said to be quite selective. But the Liberals point out it still offers an “interesting” contrast. Read on »
Tory senator drops F-bomb on abortion debate
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Foreign Policy, Health & Safety, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Women's Rights on May 4, 2010
By Tobi Cohen, Canwest News Service, as published in The Ottawa Citizen, May 4, 2010
OTTAWA — The Liberals are seeking an apology from the government after a Conservative senator told international development advocates Monday to “shut the f— up” on the issue of making abortion part of Canada’s foreign maternal-health strategy. Read on »
Contraception motion defeated
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Foreign Policy, Health & Safety, Human Rights, Liberals, Women's Rights on March 23, 2010
CBC News, March 23, 2010
A Liberal motion to include a broader range of family planning programs, including contraception, in a maternal health initiative for developing countries, was defeated 144-138 in the House of Commons Tuesday.
The motion tabled by Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae said Canada’s maternal health proposal to G8 nations must be based on “scientific evidence, which proves that education and family planning can prevent as many as one in every three maternal deaths” and refrain from the “failed right-wing ideologies” of former U.S. president George W. Bush. Read on »
Harper government backs away from birth control
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Humanitarian Aid, Women's Rights on March 17, 2010
Susan Delacourt, Ottawa Bureau, The Toronto Star, March 17, 2010
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government appears to have decided that birth control is not part of its plan to help improve the lives of women and children in developing countries. Read on »
Women lose ground in push for equality: report
Posted by sitemaster in Women's Rights on February 22, 2010
Ignatieff uses the pause
Posted by sitemaster in Canadian Armed Forces, Democracy, Liberals, Women's Rights on February 17, 2010
From The Globe and Mail, Published on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
Crickets continue to chirp in the House of Commons chamber. But elsewhere in the prorogued parliamentary precinct, there is activity, with some help from Michael Ignatieff and the federal Liberal Party. In the absence of Question Period, Mr. Ignatieff has used the time to formulate some worthwhile policy proposals. Read on »
Missing women’s initiative in limbo as memorial marches approach
Posted by sitemaster in Aboriginals, Crime & Safety, Women's Rights on February 13, 2010
BY MIA RABSON, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, February 13, 2010
OTTAWA — Missing and murdered women in Canada will be remembered Sunday in memorial marches across the country.
But the occasion may also become a memorial for a government-funded research project that put a spotlight on the hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or were murdered in this country. Read on »
Don’t ignore reproductive rights
Posted by sitemaster in Health Care, Women's Rights on February 11, 2010
BY ELIZABETH PAYNE, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN – FEBRUARY 11, 2010
This government can’t talk about improving global maternal health without talking about access to contraception and abortion
What Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said about women’s reproductive rights and abortion last week would be considered neither new nor controversial in most G8 countries. Or in this one, a few years ago. That it is creating a windstorm of controversy in Canada in 2010 speaks volumes about how polarized our politics have become. Read on »
Columnist should learn facts before calling others ignorant
Posted by sitemaster in Health Care, Women's Rights on February 11, 2010
Before calling Mr. Ignatieff ignorant, I suggest that Jennifer Cowan might inform herself more fully on the topic of abortion in developing countries. (Herstory, Feb. 6) (Click here to read the original post)
Last week, Michael Ignatieff urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper not to exclude abortion and contraception from his plan to become an international champion of women’s and children’s health by following the lead of the United States, which has cut funding to some aid organizations that promote the use of contraceptives and abortion. Read on »
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