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The Canadian watchdog that investigates human rights complaints in federally regulated industries is under investigation for racism and sexism by its management. Reports of discrimination at the Canadian Human Rights [...]

Iranian feminist and activist Narges Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times by Iranian authorities and convicted five times for speaking out against the regime. The engineer, writer, and human rights [...]

Senator Yvonne Boyer, one of the forces behind a national campaign to hold Canada responsible for the thousands of Indigenous women who were forced or coerced into being sterilized, introduced [...]

In a landmark ruling expected to be taken up in other U.S. states, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared that the state's Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) safeguards access to abortion. On [...]

Directed by Marusya Bociurkiw In 1975, I stole a copy of The Birth Control Handbook from my high school guidance counsellor's office, went home, and devoured every word. Sexual health [...]

NEWS: FEMINISM UPFRONT Thanks to the efforts of a group of sexual assault survivors in Canada, it's easier for victims of sexual assault to speak publicly about their case, if [...]

Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak became the second woman to be elected national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on Dec. 6 after a six-ballot race. Woodhouse, 40, was raised [...]

A community initiative in India to plant thousands of trees has prompted an improvement in the status of the village's girls and women, and is helping to mitigate environmental damage [...]

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the abortion rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade on June 24, it unleashed a political tsunami. The high court's decision in the Mississippi case [...]

Posted in my office is a bright red heart, outlined in neon pink felt pen, drawn on the back of a subscription envelope that says, 'I love Herizons.' It's next [...]

SUMMARY: Jane Doe is a pseudonym for a Toronto woman who was raped at knifepoint in 1986 by a perpetrator who was known to Toronto police as the balcony rapist. [...]

Last summer, five collaborators brought together by a desire to amplify the voices of changemakers and inspire social action created a new magazine, Ripple of Change (ROC). It all started [...]

Princes, priests and mighty merchants. Senators. Hollywood moguls, titans of the news and entertainment industry. Police, scholars, bishops, coaches of Olympic athletes. Military commanders. Who could have dreamed we'd witness [...]

In Winnipeg, the June 5 protest against police racism in the wake of the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd drew to a close as marchers reached the Canadian [...]

Even before the Canadian military wrote its report in May detailing the horrific conditions endured by elders living in long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec, family members of residents [...]

As the coronavirus pandemic spread, reports of violence against women increased in Canada and around the world as millions of women were forced into isolation with their abusers. The number [...]

According to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), the cost of infant care in Toronto remains nearly 10 times the cost in Montreal, where Quebec's [...]

Jason Kenney's United Conservatives may occupy a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, but those united for reproductive choice in the province aren't taking attacks on [...]

Military misogyny is having a moment. In January, General Jonathan Vance retired as defence chief of the Canadian Armed Forces just as allegations of sexual misconduct against him became public, [...]

In November, Women's Shelters Canada released a disturbing report documenting how men who abuse their partners and children have escalated their abuse during the coronavirus pandemic. According to Shelter Voices [...]

Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. administration under George Bush has defined security in the narrowest of possible terms. In her provocative book, Too Close for Comfort: Canada's Future within [...]

An astrophysicist, an emergency room physician and two lawyers are among the four female and non-binary candidates running for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada. Annamie Paul is [...]

Nova Scotia feminists and the family members of the 22 people killed in and around Portapique, N.S. on April 18-19 were successful in their bid to have an independent inquiry [...]

In 1986, Jane Doe was sexually assaulted by a perpetrator who was known to Toronto police as the Balcony Rapist. When she discovered that police knew about the perpetrator, but […]

It's not that Quebec is a backwater province when it comes to progressive policies. Just look at the province's $8-a-day daycare program. It's so successful that the 20-year-old initiative is [...]

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls final report is aspirational and inspirational. It invites Canada to be better, do better and to help create a [...]

The article presents the discussion on Kazakhstan's recent legislation criminalizing domestic violence, marking a shift from treating it as a civil offense to a criminal act with stricter penalties, particularly for severe cases like murder.

The article presents the discussion on Canada's new legislation requiring companies importing or producing goods to provide supply chain documents ensuring no forced or child labor was involved including global comparisons with similar legislation and forced labor in supply chains.

The article presents the discussion on Indigenous women's protests in Brasília, Brazil, advocating for environmental protections, territorial rights, and an end to gender-based violence, highlighting the intertwined issues of mining's impact on Indigenous lands and violence against women.

The article presents the discussion on France's historic decision to embed abortion rights into its constitution, marking a significant global milestone and aiming to set a precedent for Europe including political motivations behind the amendment amidst global debates on reproductive rights.

'There was bound to be a stage when we could identify people at risk and not be able to do anything about it. We are there now. We're stuck.' -Geneticist [...]

For 20 years, Canadian courts have been a battleground for the issue of consent in sexual assault cases. As long as a complainant could be `undressed' in court-- revealing her [...]

(WINNIPEG) Following the birth of her second child in 1998, Kelly Lesiuk was disqualified from receiving maternity benefits because she hadn't racked up the 700 hours required under the new [...]

HEROES IN MY HEAD A Memoir JUDY REBICK Anansi Press The first word that comes to mind is 'riveting.' Judy Rebick's illuminating and brilliant memoir takes the reader on a [...]

In 1991, I was working at a government job I no longer enjoyed. The Progressive Conservatives had come to power provincially, and after getting bumped from a position that included [...]

(OTTAWA) And you thought divorce could be ugly. The Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access' final report would turn Canada's Divorce Act into a tool for chaos for women [...]

(WINNIPEG) The word `diversion' describes the rerouting of a waterway. At Aboriginal Ganootamaage Justice Services of Winnipeg, the analogy couldn't be more appropriate. 'Think of our program as a river,' [...]

Should healthy women be prescribed drugs to reduce one type of cancer, but be esposed to other health risks in the process? This question sums up the controversy surrounding a [...]

The Joint Senate Commons Committee on Child Support and Access officially wrapped up its public hearings at the end of May, but wife abuse experts say they were treated as [...]

Although the Green Party pulled in an impressive 6.8 percent of the popular vote in Canada's October 2008 election, receiving about 70 percent as many votes as the Bloc Quebecois, [...]

Sixty years after it was first introduced, the safety of 2,4-D, one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, remains suspect. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has [...]

The article highlights Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak's election as the second woman national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), emphasizing her background, activism, and key discussions with Pope Francis and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In 1966, an American doctor named Robert Wilson wrote Feminine Forever, a book that promoted estrogen replacement as a miracle cure for women's aging woes. 'Breasts and genital organs will [...]

The Taliban no longer officially reigns in Afghanistan, however, women in many ports of the country endure unspeakable terror at the hands of the warlords, or Mujahideen of the Northern [...]

For as long as there have been laws against rape, the courts have not taken rape seriously. In the colony that became Canada, a father could sue a man who [...]

As Canadian Dimension goes to press, Kim Campbell has not yet called a federal election -- though we expect her to do so soon. For most Canadains, the upcoming election [...]

For three decades, DAWN Canada has advocated for the rights of women with disabilities and Deaf women in Canada. The organization's commitment to improving accessibility, strengthening human rights protection and [...]

Prime Minister Robert Borden faced a dilemma heading into the 1917 federal election. Thousands of soldiers had already lost their lives, and Borden was determined to step up Canada's war [...]

Wealthy merchants brought slaves to New France, according to historian Constance Backhouse in Colour Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada 1900-1950. And, according to Joseph Mensah, author of [...]