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How About a Title IX for Women on Boards?

Good idea. Title IX as a law forced funding equality for female athletes. Maybe we need a similar law to force boards to hire women. Read Judith Samuelson’s article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judith-samuelson/corporate-boards-women_b_1761615.html/

Female rock band gets jail time for speaking up and being feminists

Here is an excerpt from a Globe and Mail article: “Anyone interested in just how much Russia has changed since the days when it was the Soviet Union should examine what’s called the “Pussy Riot” case. Three female members of Russia’s punk-rock band, Pussy Riot, are facing jail on charges of “hooliganism motivated by

News from around the World

News from around the world thanks to Womens eNews! http://womensenews.org Women in North Korea are now allowed to ride bicycles, reported NBC News Aug. 17. The activity was banned for women in 1996 because it was not feminine. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/17/13331864-women-allowed-on-bicycles-as-n-korea-turns-wheels-of-change?lite The Center for Women Policy Studies released seven papers examining reproductive rights in contexts ranging

Women are the future for sustainable development

Here are the remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Lakshmi Puri, at the High Level Ministerial meeting ‘Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: the power behind successful sustainable development’ Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012.http://www.unwomen.org/2012/08/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment-the-power-behind-successful-sustainable-development/

What a woman must NOT do when fired

Here is a beautiful story about my friend Judy Adams. WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN FIRED: A WOMAN’S STORY OF SHAME AND DIGNITY The story of Judy Adams (captured by Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD., LLM, JD, BComm 6 August 2012) When Judy Adams got fired from her job as General Manager with a large international hotel

Law School is Turning Human

I attended a Symposium Last Year in Berkeley on the Mindful Lawyer. Many of the speakers have contributed to the recent Touro Law Review which is devoted to legal education. It includes the following: Humanism Goes to Law School which is a summary of law school activities in the USA; Victor Goode’s article on

I am embarassed by the RCMPs Statement of Defence

As a recovering lawyer, the RCMP legal case (Galliford case) makes me embarrassed and sick. The RCMP recently filed a Statement of Defence denying almost all the allegations of harassment. In other words, they deny that anything wrong occurred. Although we all know that something happened, the RCMP and the victims are trapped in

Must watch the Invisible War

I just heard about the new documentary “Invisible War” about sexual assault and rape of women in the military. They found that since WWII an estimated 500,000 US military personnel have been sexually assaulted or raped. A female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than

New law misses the opportunity to deal with RCMP harassment

Have you heard of window dressing? As you may know the RCMP are being sued by about 100 female officers for systemic discrimination. So what did the federal governmentt just do? It introduced a new law that gives senior RCMP managers even MORE power to discipline officers. Increase the power at the top. As an expert in

Workers can now claim insurance for harassment and bullying

As lawyer, I was brought it to tackle situations of harrassment and bullying. All were painful. Now, rather than counting on a corporate anti-bully policy and a complex process, a new law in British Columbia allows workers who are harassed or bullied to seek Workers Compensation. In the past, this workers insurance only covered mental stress arising from