Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Ellen Woodsworth – Vancouver Observer – Tuesday, 06 March 2012 (originally published 02 Mar) March 8 is creeping nearer, and with that comes International Women’s Day. All over the world, women and their friends will celebrate this amazing day (you can find information on Vancouver’s festivities, here). Where would you like to be, and how would you like [...]
Dakshana Bascaramurty and Colin Freeze - Globe and Mail – Thursday, 02 February 2012 (originally published 30 Jan) The murders of four women at the hands of their closest relatives may serve as a wakeup call for wider Canadian society to the social ills that those closer to traditionalist communities have long grappled with. The [...]
Tanya Talaga – The Star – Tuesday, 10 January 2012 (originally published 06 Jan) Laurie Odjick is at a loss to explain what happened to her daughter Maisy and the teen’s best friend, Shannon Alexander. They vanished on Sept. 6, 2008, from Alexander’s Maniwaki, Que., apartment outside of the Kitigan Zibi Anishnabeg First Nation, an [...]
Adrian Humphreys – National Post (Canada) – Tuesday, 19 July, 2011 A woman claiming political persecution was on the verge of deportation to her native Kenya — after her testimony at a refugee hearing was deemed incoherent and evasive — when it was revealed a Swahili translator had “butchered” what she was saying. Last week, [...]
Daphne Bramham – The Vancouver Sun – Wednesday, 30 March, 2011 VANCOUVER — RCMP officers are trying to verify a list of 31 girls aged 12 to 17 who, over a 10-year period, are alleged to have been transported by their fathers and brothers between Canada and the United States for religious marriages to older [...]
