Womens Issues
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Saskatchewan reaches milestone for women in politicsFollowing Saskatchewan’s provincial election, more than 30 per cent of projected elected MLAs are women -- the highest representation of women in the province’s political history.PoliticsNov 2, 2024
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LAWC marks 20 years of its International Women’s Day BreakfastThe breakfast featured keynote speaker Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was in attendance at RBC Place London on Friday.CanadaMar 6, 2020
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What women care most about in this election, and how the parties stack upWhile factors like socioeconomic status affect a woman's lived experience, there are certain issues and policies that disproportionately affect women.PoliticsOct 20, 2019
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U.A.E.’s gender equality awards mocked after it honours only menThe United Arab Emirates vice-president boasted of the country's "significant progress" on gender equality as he handed out awards for promoting equal opportunity. The only trouble was - all of them went to men.WorldJan 28, 2019
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Calls to London Abused Women’s Centre increasing dramatically during annual anti-abuse campaignPeople are urged to wear purple Thursday, as part of a month-long campaign that's generating awareness about women abuse.CanadaNov 15, 2018
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Female medics asked to leave sumo ring while treating patient because they were ‘unclean’The Japan Sumo Association apologised on Thursday after female medics were asked to leave a sumo ring where they were treating a local official who had collapsed.CanadaApr 6, 2018
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Canadians overestimate number of female CEOs in ‘peril of perception’: Ipsos pollCanadians wildly overestimated the number of CEOs who head up the top 500 companies worldwide, and assumed the country is better off than reality when it comes to pay equity.CanadaMar 8, 2018
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Shattering Glass: Young female business owners’ biggest obstacle? They aren’t taken seriouslyCJOB's Brett Megarry met with four young women who run their own bakeries to see what kind of challenges they face as women.FeaturesMar 7, 2018
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Shattering Glass: Meet the Winnipeg women not afraid to take on male-dominated jobsConstruction workers, police officers and firefighters who are women still face issues related to their gender, even in 2018.FeaturesMar 6, 2018
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Federal budget 2018 aims to increase workforce participation of womenThe Liberal government has said improving the economic success of women and promoting gender equality will be among the primary objectives of next Tuesday's budget.CanadaFeb 21, 2018
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