Archive for the ‘Violence’ Category

A hot topic at this AWID Forum has been the revolutions in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. One of my favorite sessions so far has been about the innovative ideas young feminists in Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon used before, during and after the uprisings. These inspirational young women were out on the [...]

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Write for Rights

Natalie | Dec 9th

    Write for Rights was a great event yesterday! I wrote two letters, one to Cameroun’s Minister of Justice to ask him to release a prisoner of conscience imprisoned because he was suspected of being homosexual and another to Kim Jong-il concerning prison-camps in North Korea.         The amazing thing about [...]

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Vigil in downtown Ottawa

Natalie | Dec 8th

I was extremely moved yesterday at the vigil for the National Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence Against Women. 22 years ago on December 6, 1989, 14 young women were murdered at the Polytechnique of Montreal; they are also commemorated on this day. The possible actions one could take to end violence against [...]

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I walk into Amnesty International’s offices, a beautiful historic house, around 4:30pm on Thursday. Groups of women are already chatting away in one room; I sign a couple human rights petitions and go see the treats! I then joined a small group of passionate women that had different experiences in women’s organizations and defending women’s [...]

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