Local women's equality advocate Mary Scott has been honoured with a Governor General's Award in commemoration of a fight 80 years ago for Canadian women to be recognized as "persons". Manitoba has a long history of dedicated women working for women's rights, beginning with the early fight for the right of women to vote. How fitting that a Manitoban women has been recognized with the Persons award. "You think of all the women around the world who don't have human rights... . That's on my mind as I get this."
... 100 years since women won the right to vote in Canada. March 8 is called International Women's...
..., this Part amends the Canadian Human Rights Act so that the provisions of that Act dealing wit... give the credit unions more than 50% of the votes that could be cast under all circumstances at an a...
Empowering youth is empowering a community, a city, and a nation," [Jean] said in her opening remarks. "For any revolution and major turning point in world history, young people have always, always been deeply involved...the theme of the International 'Year of Youth, dialogue and mutual understanding', reminds us we have an individual and collective responsibility to address issues that divide us by building upon the goals and aspirations we have in common. "Women's rights are human rights," noted Jean, adding they are relatively new in Canada, and shouldn't be taken for granted. "Indeed we must not forget it was not until the beginning of the last century that we obtained the right to vote in Canada. In Quebec, it was not until 1940, and for all Aboriginal women [and men] it was not ...
...Canada also voted on principle and with the support of its usual all...
[Stuart Murray], the new CEO of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, defended his vote against the legislation in 2002 by stating that "he was just following the wishes of his caucus." This, despite his apparent personal support for gay and lesbian rights. Murray's defense of his earlier actions -- the crowd made me do it -- is exactly what allows human rights violations to occur. While there will always be people who attempt to violate others' rights, it is the majority of silent bystanders who will make the abuse possible. Murray's justification shows that he has little understanding of the process of human rights violations. Moreover, he still does not appear to be prepared to take a leadership role in standing up for what is right (or even for what he apparently believes is right). ...
Marrying a non-Indian meant that Two-Axe [Edward Earley] lost her Indian status, under provisions of the Indian Act passed in 1876. While the Aboriginal people themselves had not previously regarded women as second-class citizens, the law reflected the Victorian European notion that women were legally the possessions of their husbands. Losing her status rights meant that Two-Axe Earley could not live on the reserve where she was born, own land there, participate in the band's political life, vote in its elections, or be buried on the reserve. At the time, all this was of little concern to Two-Axe Earley. "Who thought about status? We were in love," she told The Gazette in a 1990 interview. The circumstances of her friend's death and her resulting anger were likely the major reasons Two-...
...Were past protests for civil rights, women's rights and worker's rights a waste of timme? Just a hundred years ago women's right to vote did not seem realistic either. But like speaking o...
E.B. DuBois was a prolific writer and editor who exerted enormous influence on the development of African-American consciousness in the first half of the twentieth century. As one of the founders of the NAACP, he fought tirelessly for full citizenship for black Americans. Yet DuBois also fought passionately for other causes: He supported women's suffrage, attended the conference at which the United Nations Charter was drafted, and opposed the use of nuclear weapons (long before it was fashionable to do so). DuBois once wrote the words "I believe in Liberty for all men; the space to stretch their arms and their souls; the right to breathe and the right to vote. Likewise Martin Luther King, Jr., the pre-eminent civil rights leader of the 1960s, refused to limit the range of his concern...
...Eligible male voters would now be able to elect 15 representatives to t...
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