In 1994, a group of over 30 women began to strategize about attending the 4th World Conference on Women to be held the following September, in Beijing, China. Under the leadership of Muriel Smith and others, we met regularly, for about a year, discussing the different topics that would form the Beijing Platform for Action. We talked …
Memories of the 4th World Conference on Women by Mary Scott Read More »
In lieu of blogs regarding the 64th session of the the Commission on the Status of Women, IIWR will be highlighting chapter reflections on the Unfinished Business: A Parallel Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. This is the first in a series of blogs on the topic. Julie Pelletier, …
The world commemorated, on the 75thanniversary of Auschwitz – Birkenau, the death of Jewish people by Nazis as a planned genocide during World War II. The horrors of the story is explicitly based on the systematic persecution of Jews. Significantly, their religious identity was utilized as a tool of war, when Jews were transported to the …
photo credit: UN Women There are an estimated 13.3 million Canadians under the age of 30. This accounts for 35% of the total population of the country. In the under 30 age group, 34.7% of those are between the ages of 15 and 24.1 This age group is important when discussing the issue of Gender-Based …
Youth, GBV & Generation Equality by Shayne Bloomfield-Wong Read More »
Networking events are a normal part of any professional careers, including engineering. They all start in a similar fashion: you put on your most professional clothes and begin to look forward to the evening. You will meet up with colleagues and meet new people within your field. You hope to strengthen existing connections, make new …
Life as a Woman in Engineering by Michèle Rochette and Chelsea Dubiel Read More »
Content Warning: discussion of a woman currently experiencing intimate partner violence. Savior* sat in a daze looking at a wall that used to have photos displayed, but was now an empty space. The father of her son, Pierce*, went from kissing her tears away, to breaking her things, to beating her spirit and body. His …
Struggling to end gender-based violence (GBV) is a huge fight, and one that everyone needs to participate in. Particularly men, because it’s something that impacts men, myself included, far less overtly than it does women. Most men don’t think of how critical our support is to the cause. The other barrier is how difficult it …
The Role of Men in the Struggle Against Gender-Based Violence by Nick Catalano Read More »
Paleoconservative Patrick Buchanan once wrote, rather gloatingly, “the poor homosexuals- they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is exacting an awful retribution.”[1]That retribution? AIDS. Buchanan’s bigoted views of sexual orientation and an epidemic so destructive that its’ legacy and effects are still VERY much engrained in the collective conscience and lives of an …
This summer I was walking home from my bus stop when a group of kids caught my eye. I froze as one of the young boys raised a small gun towards one of the other boys in the group – my heart stopped for a moment, and then the child yelled “Bang!” and started to …
