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Our government just pretends to honour women

I am surprised by the outrage showed by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson in our House Of Commons. His talk condemned the murderers of the four Shafia women (Murder is Murder). He got a standing ovation – but only from his Conservative member colleagues. Mr Nicholson and his peers failed to notice that they have not as

Teens died because they were girls

The Shafia family was found guilty this week of murdering their three daughters and x-wife, by drowning all four in a car. Judge, Robert Maranger said this in his final statement: “The apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameful murders was that four completely innocent victims offended your twisted notion of honour that is founded upon the domination

40 reasons not to spawn: ‘I really regret having children’

Here is a clip of an article by Doug Saunders of the Globe & Mail from a 2007 article. I will look for the book today. “Everywhere you look in France these days, you seem to see its cover: The words NO KID in English, followed by “40 Reasons for Not Having Children” in

Doctors can stop feticide by not disclosing sex of baby

One doctor is fighting the killling of girls in embryo. According to the Canadian Medical Assocation Journal Dr Kale is urging doctors to not tell parents the gender of their fetuses until 30 weeks into pregnancy. Research shows that many Canadians (like many from China and India ) do not want girls and abort them more opften than

Moms are Better Multi-taskers but not Happy about it

Women — especially working mothers — are the ultimate multitaskers, but they’re not too happy about it. There’s now empirical evidence in the December issue of the American Sociological Review that underpins the notion that working moms are juggling multiple roles at once — and having a pretty lousy time doing so. “This helps explain why women feel more

Women’s faces not allowed in Advertisements in Israel

An extreme ultra orthodox Jewish group (Haredi Jews) in Israel is pressuring advertisers to remove all images of women from billboards. And it’s working so well that even ballet studios no longer show women or girls on their promotions! As a result women around the world are being asked to send photos of themselves

Webinar for women in politics on media

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ recently announced series of webinars is being held on January 25th and February 1st. English: Wednesday January 25, 2012, 12-1:30 p.m. EST French: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EST This webinar will provide valuable information for women who have not been able to attend the campaign workshops

Female sexual addiction- who knows?

I recently read an article on female sexual addiction (Postmedia News Jan 6, 2012). I am not sure what was being said except that no one seems to know much about female sexuality – yet alone whether there is an increase in addiction – whatever that is. Sadly we women and men are still

CEO wages are high because we let them

Every New Year we hear about how much the best paid CEOs are making. Wow! Millions of dollars a day! Routing Number BANCFIRST The headlines scream: It’s not fair! That much is true, yet we must own the reality that we together created a “corporate system” that allows this to happen. Either we are

Great Flash Mob Video

Here is a great locally made Flash Mob. Imagine the work it took!