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Women Fight Keystone XL from North and South

By Melinda Tuhus ● Commentary ● March 20, 2013

Along the miles of transcontinental pipeline being built to transport oil from the tar sands of Canada, women are fighting the project. One put her body in front of a bulldozer. Another is challenging eminent domain seizure of her family’s land.

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Canadian Women’s Minister Takes Abortion-Vote Fire

By Bilbo Poynter ● Uncategorized ● October 12, 2012

Canada’s minister for women, Rona Ambrose, is drawing fire for supporting a motion that critics say gave the conservative-majority government a way to open up debate about abortion.

Female Debate Moderator Urged; Color Gap in Sports

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● June 16, 2012

Change.org has collected over 100,000 e-signatures calling for a woman to moderate at least one of three upcoming presidential debates.

Advocates Blast Canadian Probe of Missing Women

By Sadiya Ansari ● Commentary ● April 17, 2012

Fifteen organizations last week intensified their opposition to a government inquiry into missing women in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In an open letter, detractors said they would instead cooperate with a U.N. probe launched in December.

Aboriginal Groups Warily Watch Canada Brothel Law

By Sadiya Ansari ● Crime & Law ● January 23, 2012

Groups representing Aboriginal women hope the government will have a partial victory in upholding current prostitution laws. They say female sex workers need to be decriminalized, but they will be endangered if the government stops arresting pimps and johns.

First Nations Divorce Stokes Ire in Canada

By Wency Leung ● Arts & Culture ● February 12, 2010

A Canadian bill that would protect the divorce rights of aboriginal women is being delayed by the suspension of parliament. Some First Nations women’s advocates oppose the proposed law as infringing on their sovereignty.

Canadian Sex Workers Challenge Criminal Code

By Wency Leung ● Crime & Law ● November 25, 2009

Sex workers in Canada are challenging the country’s ban on activities associated with prostitution, arguing it conflicts with their constitutional rights. Opponents say decriminalization of sex work would increase sex trafficking.

Helping Women Is Part of a Rebel’s Life Story

By Margot Franssen ● Uncategorized ● September 25, 2009

Margot Franssen, founder of The Body Shop Canada, says women are often squeezed into lives that are too small and her philanthropy rebels against that.

Canada’s Leadership in Pay Equity Eroding

By Emanuela Heyninck ● Politics ● April 9, 2009

Emanuela Heyninck, pay equity commissioner of Ontario, speaks out against a threatened erosion of wage rights for Canadian women in traditionally female occupations.

Drug Busts Fill Quito Women’s Jail

By Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● March 3, 2009

Most of the women in a Quito jail were arrested on drug-related charges. A researcher says they reflect a trend in women’s imprisonment that has been developing for decades. Second of three stories about women in the jail.