In Ottawa
Rally and March for women’s rights, for equality, & access to governments and the courts.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
(International Human Rights Day)
1:30 pm
Supreme Court of Canada
301 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Why?
In the last several months, the federal government has:
- cancelled the provincial/federal child care agreements which would have provided
much-needed quality child care
- announced that it will close 12 of 16 Status of Women Canada offices in eight
provinces
- refused to introduce pro-active pay equity despite expert recommendations
- eliminated funds for the Court Challenges Program so women and other minorities
can’t fight discrimination
- cut Status of Women’s operating budget by 40% and eliminated funding to women’s
groups who advocate for equality
- disregarded an election commitment by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to improve
women’s human rights in Canada
Our response:
Women will not go quietly back to the kitchen.
For more information:
Sue Genge
sgenge@clc-ctc.ca 613-521-3400 x 281
All are welcome to attend.
This rally and march is sponsored by:
Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne - Canadian Council of Muslim
Women - Canadian Federation of University Women - Canadian Labour Congress -
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women - Canadian Women’s
Community Economic Development Council - Canadian Women’s Foundation - Child Care
Advocacy Association of Canada - Feminist Alliance for International Action -
Fédération des femmes du Québec - National Association of Women and the Law -
National Council of Women of Canada - Ontario Association of Interval and
Transition Houses - Regroupement provincial des maisons d’hébergement et de
transition pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale - Womenspace.ca - YWCA
Canada
Sunday, December 10, 2006
(International Human Rights Day)
1:30 pm
Supreme Court of Canada
301 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Why?
In the last several months, the federal government has:
- cancelled the provincial/federal child care agreements which would have provided
much-needed quality child care
- announced that it will close 12 of 16 Status of Women Canada offices in eight
provinces
- refused to introduce pro-active pay equity despite expert recommendations
- eliminated funds for the Court Challenges Program so women and other minorities
can’t fight discrimination
- cut Status of Women’s operating budget by 40% and eliminated funding to women’s
groups who advocate for equality
- disregarded an election commitment by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to improve
women’s human rights in Canada
Our response:
Women will not go quietly back to the kitchen.
For more information:
Sue Genge
sgenge@clc-ctc.ca 613-521-3400 x 281
All are welcome to attend.
This rally and march is sponsored by:
Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne - Canadian Council of Muslim
Women - Canadian Federation of University Women - Canadian Labour Congress -
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women - Canadian Women’s
Community Economic Development Council - Canadian Women’s Foundation - Child Care
Advocacy Association of Canada - Feminist Alliance for International Action -
Fédération des femmes du Québec - National Association of Women and the Law -
National Council of Women of Canada - Ontario Association of Interval and
Transition Houses - Regroupement provincial des maisons d’hébergement et de
transition pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale - Womenspace.ca - YWCA
Canada