IWD

• Saskatchewan to provide operational funding to second stage shelters

  Despite having one of the worst rates of domestic violence in Canada, Saskatchewan is one of few jurisdictions not providing operational funding to second stage shelter operators.

  Canada

  Mar 8
  
• For Afghan women under the Taliban, ‘home is like jail.’ Now, some are speaking out

  Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, Global News spoke to women and people on the ground as the Taliban attack on women continues to escalate.

  Canada

  Mar 7
  
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• Free period products to be available in Edmonton Catholic schools

  Edmonton Catholic schools will soon have free period products installed in all washrooms.

  Education

  Mar 8, 2022
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• Women’s shelters call on Quebec to make safety a priority in upcoming budget

  There's pressure this International Women's Day for the Quebec government to do more to protect women from violence.

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2021
• Burger King gets grilled for ‘women belong in the kitchen’ tweet

  Burger King U.K. triggered backlash with a seemingly tone-deaf attempt to mark International Women's Day.

  Trending

  Mar 8, 2021
• Rising the ranks in advertising: meet Toronto’s chief creative officer Denise Rossetto

  'In the beginning, I would walk into a board room, and especially if it was something like a beer account or a car account ... I would be the only female voice in the room.'

  Features

  Mar 8, 2021
• B.C. group’s International Women’s Day event hit by racist, sexist ‘Zoom bomb’

  "It's not acceptable, and I don't want anybody, anybody to ever feel that this is normal behaviour. And I will never accept that as normal behaviour."

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2021
• International Women’s Day rally held at Alberta legislature

  Hundreds gathered at the Alberta legislature for International Women's Day on Sunday.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2020
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• How International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world

  Some countries ring in #IWD with flowers. Others mark the occasion with marches and rallies.

  World

  Mar 8, 2020
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• Be brave, be kind, don’t litter: What 2030 will be like, according to 8-year-old girls

  Hopefully, they can look back on this story in 10 years' time and see how their lives as women have changed, for better or for worse.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 8, 2020