The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action says there is “growing evidence of systemic discrimination and violence” against women by the national police force.A Yukon RCMP officer ties a red ribbon symbolizing missing and murdered Indigenous women to a staff outside the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse on May 5. (Jackie Hong/CBC)A new report…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires hospitals and healthcare institutions to set up and implement measures to protect the…
For the first time in Canada’s history, women will lead each of the departments of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Defence.Anita Anand and family members arrive at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Anand is now the second woman in history to be named minister of national defence. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)As any student of government…
Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. Loose Women star Judi Love has confessed to tricking her Stormzy-obsessed daughter into thinking the rapper had turned up at her birthday party, and we’re honestly crying for the teen. The TV presenter celebrated her daughter’s 16th birthday on Sunday with a small garden party. Everyone was having…
PEN15 Hulu’s “PEN15” is returning in the form of an animated one-off special titled ‘Jacuzzi’ on August 27th ahead of the second…
Dubai police have arrested a group of people over a video showing women stripped naked and posing on a balcony in broad daylight. Those involved have been arrested for public debauchery – a law punishable with up to six months in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirham (at least £980). The video and pictures…
The pandemic has cut many people off from the communities they rely on, but for transgender women of colour, the isolation and lack of support networks have made the past 11 months an especially dark and difficult time.From left, Mariana Cortes, Mona Lisa and Vanessa Carter blow kisses outside The 519, a community centre in Toronto for…
In the first promos for Ginny & Georgia, Brianne Howey‘s Georgia tells her daughter Ginny (Antonia Gentry), “We’re like the Gilmore Girls…
A report has found that women have been negatively affected by COVID-19 to a disproportionate degree, as they are more likely to work public-facing positions and were forced to take on increased responsibilities as the pandemic deepened. The unemployment rate for women in B.C. soared to 28 per cent in April, the report found — while the…
Campaigners have lost a legal challenge against the Government over controversial changes to the state pension age. Nearly four million women born in the 1950s have been affected by reforms raising the state pension age for their group from 60 to 66. The changes have been introduced to ensure the equalisation of pension age between…