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Jan 01, 2009; ... TERMINOLOGY QUESTIONED I am a subscriber to Herizons and just want to send a quick note concerning the article in the Fall 2008 issue, "Coming Out as an Anti-Zionist Jew." Although there were some valid points made in the article, found the term "anti-Zionist" quite strong for someone ...
Women Matter More
Jan 01, 2009; ... Though less likely to grab headlines than voter gaps rooted in geography, age, religion or ethnicity, gender gaps played out big time in the recent Canadian and U.S. elections. The unshakable lack of trust most women feel in their gut towards Stephen Harper fuelled an eight-to10-point ...
JACOBS AWARDED
Jan 01, 2009; ... Beverley Jacobs, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, received a 2008 Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case. A lawyer by trade, Jacobs successfully secured funding for Sisters In Spirit, a research, education and policy initiative aimed at ...
LEAN AND MEAN
Jan 01, 2009; ... Vigorous exercise helps reduce the risk of breast cancer among women, but only for those who are lean, according to a study conducted by Dr. Michael Leitzmann of the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The study followed 32,269 American women for 11 ...
CANADA LOSES GROUND ON EQUALITY INDEX
Jan 01, 2009; ... According to a 2007 report by the Genevabased World Economic Forum, Canadian women fell from 14th place to 18th on the Global Gender Gap Index in 2007. American women's relative equality to their countrymen fell 7 spots, and is lagging at 31st place overall. The report covers 128 ...
TOP SCIENTIST LAUDED
Jan 01, 2009; ... Eugenia Kumacheva of the University of Toronto has been cited as one of the world's top scientists. The L'OrealUNESCO Women in Science prize was awarded to Kumacheva for her work in designing and developing new materials for targeted drug delivery for cancer treatments as well as ...
WATER A RIGHT
Jan 01, 2009; ... Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians has been appointed senior advisor on water issues to the president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, The Council of ...
MCPHEDRAN HEADS NEW GLOBAL COLLEGE
Jan 01, 2009; ... The University of Winnipeg appointed noted human rights expert Marilou McPhedran as principal of its new Global College. McPhedran has been recognized for her work nationally and internationally. She has worked for decades to advance the rights of women, children and the homeless. She ...
MEN HARMED BY MODELS
Jan 01, 2009; ... Many studies have shown that media images of female models have had a negative impact on women, but a new study found surprising results when it examined the effects of models on male readers. Jennifer Aubrey, assistant professor of communication at the University of Missouri, looked at ...
RELEASE KHADR!
Jan 01, 2009; ... (OTTAWA) A coalition of human rights and civil liberties organizations held rallies across Canada in Octoberto demand that the federal government request Omar Khadr's removal from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Events to raise awareness were held in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal ...
UNIFEM GOES BIG ON VAW
Jan 01, 2009; ... The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched a massive and global Say No To Violence Against Women Campaign with actor Nicole Kidman serving as its goodwill ambassador. UNIFEM launched a multimedia campaign; over five million people have registered their support ...
CLINTON SUPPORTER NAMED TO WHITE HOUSE
Jan 01, 2009; ... Ellen Moran, executive director of Emily's List since 2005, was named White House communications director for U.S. Presidentelect Barack Obama. Emily's List is an influential U.S. women's network that seeks funds and supports women's election to public office. Moran's selection was a ...
LEAF LITIGATOR NAMED
Jan 01, 2009; ... Joanna Birenbaum is LEAF'S new director of litigation. Birenbaum has over 10 years of litigation and human rights advocacy experience, including constitutional and aboriginal and treaty rights litigation. She has appeared before United Nations treaty monitoring bodies, legislative ...
NO WAY TO NO GAY
Jan 01, 2009; ... Florida's gay adoption ban has been ruled unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Cindy S. Lederman ruled that the law violated the equal protection guarantees of the state constitution as well as a U.S. law that seeks to ensure the well-being of children in the welfare system and protect their ...
MICRO-ENTERPRISES HAVE MEGA IMPACT
Jan 01, 2009; ... Malaysian women have been successful in eradicating poverty through micro-enterprise development. Research conducted over 10 years among rural women entrepreneurs shows that micro-enterprise activity contributed about 30 percent to family incomes. About a third of the women studied had scaled up ...
WOMEN ELECTED IN US
Jan 01, 2009; ... A record 65 women were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the November election, including 57 incumbents and eight newcomers-most of them pro-choice. In the Senate, all female incumbents held on to their seats. The number of women in the Senate holds steady at 14. "Anytime ...
HARPER HARPOONED (VANCOUVER)
Jan 01, 2009; ... The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been hit with a lawsuit by environmental groups who charge that the feds aren't doing their job to protect whales. Ecojustice (formerly the Sierra Defence Fund) alleges that the department has failed to legally protect critical habitat ...
CHARLIZE FOR PEACE
Jan 01, 2009; ... Academy Award-winning actress and activist Charlize Theron has been designated a United Nations messenger of peace with a special focus on ending violence against women by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Theron, born in South Africa, joins nine other UN messengers of peace. Messengers ...
HARPER HITS 29 PERCENT
Jan 01, 2009; ... Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed 11 of 38 cabinet posts to women in November, setting a record of 29 percent. Harper also appointed the first lnuit woman cabinet minister, Leona Aglukkaq, to the health portfolio. Aglukkaq represented the district of Nattilik in the Nunavut Legislative ...
UN GOES GAY
Jan 01, 2009; ... Members of the European Union introduced a declaration which would denounce discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity on December 10, International Human Rights Day. Led by the government of France and spearheaded by Louis-Georges Tin, founder of the International ...