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It aims to end violence against women, move low-income women out of poverty, and empower girls. The Canadian Women's Foundation is the only national women's foundation in Canada. [1] Since 1991, it has invested over $40 million in charitable support to over 1,200 community programs and women's shelters across Canada. [2]
Idle No More is an ongoing protest movement, founded in December 2012 by four women: three First Nations women and one non-Native ally. It is a grassroots movement among the Indigenous peoples in Canada comprising the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and their non-Indigenous supporters in Canada, and to a lesser extent, internationally.
The work of NWAC for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The Sisters in Spirit campaign; The Sisters in Spirit campaign was an initiative primarily of three organizations: Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), Amnesty International and KAIROS. It was created in 2005 and is run by Indigenous women.
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Pages in category "Women's organizations based in Canada" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
It was founded in 1971 as a pressure group to lobby for the implementation of the 167 recommendations made in the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada's 1970 report [1] on matters such as day care, birth control, maternity leave, family law, education and pensions. [2]
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The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (French: Journée Nationale de Commémoration et d'Action Contre la Violence à l'Égard des Femmes), also known informally as White Ribbon Day (Jour du Ruban Blanc), is a day commemorated in Canada each December 6, the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which armed student Marc Lépine murdered ...