Canadian Women's Foundation
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‘Do whatever you need to do’: Alberta woman who fled domestic abuse during COVID-19The pandemic had led to more crisis calls for families experiencing violence. Watch for signs and know how to offer help.CrimeNov 4, 2021
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‘Our systems are not appropriate’: Advocates call for increased domestic violence supports"In shelters all over Canada, we're often hovering around 100 per cent occupancy every day," says the Canadian Women's Foundation.HealthNov 10, 2020
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Worry management expert discusses summertime body image issuesAccording to the Canadian Women’s Foundation, sixty-two per cent of Canadians see girls being exposed to unrealistic, sexy images of women in ads as a big problem for females in the country today.Jun 28, 2019
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#MeToo, 1 year later: Canadian sexual assault crisis centres report record number of callsOne year later, sexual assault centres and crisis hotlines across the country have seen a record number of calls asking for help.CanadaOct 5, 2018
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Gender equality in Canada: Progress made, but work still needs to be donePaulette Senior, president and CEO of the Canadian Women's Network, told the Alberta Morning News that Canada has made some progress, but there's much more work that needs to be done.CanadaSep 23, 2018
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The reality of sex workers in Canada: Vulnerable, unprotected and misunderstoodThe terms sexual exploitation, sex work and human trafficking are often interchanged to mean one thing.CanadaMay 29, 2017
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Why is the Canadian Grand Prix a hub for human trafficking?Almost all sex trafficking victims are women and girls - some as young as 14-years-old - who are forced to perform sex acts 365 days a year.CanadaMay 25, 2017
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Next generation of women ‘just as likely’ to experience sexual assault: surveyThings are looking bleak for young women in Canada when it comes to sexual harassment and assault.CanadaMay 3, 2017
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Women ask for pay raises as often as men, they just don’t get them: studyA new study dispels the widely-believed myth that women do not ask for salary increases.LifestyleSep 9, 2016
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#GetConsent: two-thirds of Canadians don’t fully understand sexual consentDid you know 67 per cent of Canadians don't fully understand how it works?CanadaSep 8, 2015
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