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International Women's Day celebration

Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 10:30am - 11:15am

Location

Hamilton City Hall Hamilton, ON
Canada
Phone: 905.525.4573
Fax: 905.525.7085
43° 14' 36.9708" N, 79° 53' 20.67" W

SACHA's 2011 International Women's Day committee invites all women and trans-women to come together and celebrate 100 years of women's lives, struggles and triumphs.

Join us for a rally at Hamilton's City Hall -- 11:30 a.m. -12:15 p.m. -- and then refreshments at the downtown YWCA (75 MacNab Street South) from 12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m.

For more information or to request American Sign Language interpretation, please contact Sandra at 905.525.4573 or sandra@sacha.ca.

Reel Women

DVD Reviews: Happy Valentine's Day from Judy Rebick, Meryl Streep, Cathi Bond and Katharine Hepburn

February 14, 2011
| Looking for some Sweet Movie Love with a Woman of the Year who finds out that It's Complicated.
Length: 08:07 minutes (5.62 MB)
Redeye

Victory for women's rights in Haiti

January 16, 2011
| The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ruled that the Haitian government has failed to provide adequate protection for women and girls in the camps.
Length: 17:08
December 20, 2010 |
The economic well-being of women in Canada shows some positive gains but women earn about 71 cents for each dollar earned by their male counterparts. This gap has remained unchanged since 1999.

Women Won't Forget annual vigil

Date: Monday, December 6, 2010 - 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Location

Venue
Philosopher's Walk University of Toronto, St. George Campus
Toronto
Canada
43° 39' 9" N, 79° 22' 54.0012" W

Guest Speakers:

Judy Rebick -- activist, former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women

Aruna Papp -- Survivor of forced marriage & domestic abuse, now a Toronto-based counsellor

Neena Saloiya -- Visually-impaired writer and actor

Kiran Mehdee - Writer, performer and a survivor of childhood abuse

On the anniversary of the Montreal massacre, Women Won't Forget invites you to attend the annual vigil to commemorate all those killed due to male violence.

Redeye

Improving maternal health worldwide

October 27, 2010
| A woman dies every 90 seconds during pregnancy or while giving birth. Many of these deaths are preventable. Farah Shroff was a panelist at a recent forum titled Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies.
Length: 14:00

New animation marks 10th anniversary of UN resolution 1325

A new animation marks the 10th anniversary of UN resolution 1325: the first formal and legally binding instrument from the United Nations Security Council that requires parties at war to respect women's rights. Animation by Pippo Lionni and produced by Ingrid Quinn.

Rise of the new sexism and how to fight it

Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 6:00pm

Location

Bahen Centre, room 2175
40 St George st. (just north of college)
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 416-972-6391
43° 39' 34.6716" N, 79° 23' 48.6528" W

We're told that women have achieved equality, and that we should embrace a new sexualized form of liberation, but is this empowering? Join us as we discuss the rise of the new sexism and how we can fight for women's liberation today.

Speaker: Pam Johnson

Organized by the UofT International Socialists

www.socialist.ca 416-972-6391

The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario 10th year anniversary: Maleta Art Exhibit

Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 4:30pm - Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 9:00pm

Location

The Beit Zatoun House
612 Markham Street one block west of Honest Ed's (Bathurst and Bloor)
Toronto, ON M6G 2L8
Canada
Phone: 416-519-2553
43° 39' 53.2584" N, 79° 24' 44.6868" W

This October, Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) invites everyone to celebrate a decade filled of shared laughter, tears, music and militancy. The round of events will kick off at the opening of the “Maleta” [Suitcase] Art Exhibit on October 10th. “Maleta” is a community-based arts project where members of the community unpack their history of forced migration through collectively-created visual and performance art. The exhibit will be open to the public at the Beit Zatoun House until the end of the month.

Fourth annual women's housing march

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

Downtown Eastside Women Centre
302 Columbia - corner of Cordova, just west of Main
Vancouver, BC
Canada
49° 14' 54.6828" N, 123° 6' 31.68" W

Join women in the Downtown Eastside Women Centre Power of Women Group in the 4th Annual March for Women's Housing and March Against Poverty! Everyone (including men) welcome!

We are marching for:

- Social Housing, Childcare, and Healthcare for all!
- No more Evictions and No more Condos in the Downtown Eastside!
- Stop Criminalizing the Poor!

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