by admin | Mar 25, 2014 | Events
The Ontario Human Rights Commission Invites you to the launch of our new Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression Date: Monday, April 14, 2014 Time: 10 a.m. to 12 noon Place: The 519 Church Street Community Centre, Ballroom...
by admin | Mar 12, 2014 | IHEU
This report from Dr. Sylvain Ehrenfeld, the IHEU and National Ethical Service Representative to the UNITED NATIONS (ECOSOC) STATUS OF WOMEN UPDATE “According to a Chinese proverb, “women hold up half the sky”. Unfortunately, this fact is not reflected in the...
by admin | Mar 5, 2014 | Events
Lebanese march against domestic violence in rare non-partisan protest | Reuters. From IHEU.org (Reuters) – A few thousand protesters took to the streets of Beirut on Saturday to demand that politicians approve Lebanon’s first law against domestic violence...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | Events
A film Directed by Cara Mumford in 2012, featuring evalyn parry’s spoken word, “14 (for December 6).” A powerful statement, about the montreal engineers who were killed, and about violence against women. Evalyn performs all over the world, but...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Humanist News
Harmful practices inflicted on women or girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief NEW YORK / GENEVA (31 October 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, told the UN General Assembly...