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Canada: Report on violence against women

Statistics Canada has put forward a report which throws light on the prevalence and severity of violence against native women. It has taken onto account the previous related data as well. It updated a report of 2002 called Assessing Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile, which put forward a number of violence indicators. In here, [...]

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Canada: Condition of women worse in north

Recent study has postulated that the rate of violence against women is higher in Arctic than in the rest of Canada. But some social workers have pointed out that till some extent, society is responsible for it because in some parts, violence is considered as a part of family and is not talked about openly. [...]

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Canada: Harper couldn’t uphold his promises towards women empowerment

Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, during his election campaign in January 2006 had asserted, ‘If elected I will take concrete and immediate measures, as recommended by the United Nations, to ensure that Canada fully upholds its commitments to women in Canada.’ However, he’s been unable to fulfill his own promises. Women all across the [...]

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