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Funding, reforms to abuse program concerns women’s issues experts
PAR programs are used as a tool to hold lower-risk or first-time offenders accountable for their actions when there is a low chance of conviction, and provide support for and aim to reduce harm for victims… agencies and experts in domestic violence from across the province had written group letters to the ministry complaining the program is in “crisis.” … The cut in the length of the program… was made without research on potential outcomes, including the impact on the safety of women and children.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, Health, ideology, mental Health, women
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Women’s issues missing from election campaign
… issues of specific interest to women have yet to hit the radar of the three major party leaders. It’s not clear why women’s issues are so invisible since half a million more women than men cast a ballot in the last election. Among the “asks” the organizers made of party leaders: – To address the root causes of violence against women in Canada. – To act on women’s economic inequality… – To re-invest in organizations and institutions that champion justice and equality for women.
Tags: budget, child care, crime prevention, ideology, poverty, standard of living, women
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Making inequality an issue in the election campaign
The [CCPA] Good for Canada platform is described as a series of measures, that if taken, could address income inequality. Good social programs, it points out, help all Canadians become contributing members of society. That would include an affordable housing strategy, a $10-a-day child care program, a national pharmacare program, dental care for all children under 15, investing in First Nations infrastructure and schools, and creating a national action plan to address violence against women.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, housing, ideology, Indigenous, pharmaceutical, poverty, standard of living, women
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New cancer research will help to dial down the fear
In the past century, we have gotten a lot better at detecting cancer and preventing recurrences. But mortality rates remain stubbornly steady. A key number in the new study bears repeating: Despite all our worries that breast cancer is a deadly scourge, only 3.3 per cent of women (about one in 29) will actually die of the condition. That’s still too many. What we need more than anything is better and more individualized treatments. That includes eliminating overtreatment.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living, women
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The Swedish sex-work model is a success
… the Swedish model – because it targets buyers rather than sellers – curbs the demand for purchased sex, which is the key driver behind sex trafficking… While punishing only buyers and not sellers of sex is the right approach, it is apparent that we have not provided enough assistance to individuals in prostitution in terms of housing, education, health care and a way out of the sex industry… After all, the purpose of the model is to protect vulnerable individuals
Tags: crime prevention, globalization, Health, ideology, immigration, poverty, rights, women
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Religious rights don’t justify discrimination
Most religious accommodation is not in conflict with equality rights… But some requests for religious accommodation do indeed conflict with equality rights… If your religion calls for you to treat women differently or unequally, do so freely in your church, mosque or synagogue, in your home and at your community events and have no fear that others will deny you a house or acceptance to a university because of it. But when you enter the public sphere, you must respect people’s equality rights.
Tags: ideology, multiculturalism, rights, women
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Women need access, not finger wagging
The Pill is among the safest medications you will find in the pharmacy. There is no risk of addiction or of toxic overdose; in short, it is as safe, if not safer, than Aspirin, Tylenol, Claritin and many other products that are sold freely… The principal reason the Pill is still a prescription drug is because it is used exclusively by women to prevent pregnancy – and when it comes to women’s reproductive health and freedom, intrusive, paternalistic legislation, unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles, and unwarranted costs are the norm.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical, rights, women
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Health Canada finally approves abortion pill
It allows a woman to end a pregnancy safely at home. – Its approval means women in rural areas or in P.E.I. (where there are no abortion facilities) would not have to travel to end a pregnancy. – Women would not have to delay an abortion while they wait for access to a surgical procedure. – The availability of the drug in other countries is associated with abortions occurring earlier in gestation. – It will free up operating room time in hospitals.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living, women
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Hope for radical progressives might be found in the tale of Jeremy Corbyn
… millennials have personal memories that do not include the Cold War or double-digit inflation. They have no interest in socialism or social democracy, but they do not associate those terms with positions in a death struggle of organizing principles for civilization. They are children of a dampened business cycle — what economists call “The Great Moderation.” The Moderation blew a tire in 2007, and that is the kind of event that calls verities into question.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living, women, youth
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