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Period Poverty Infographic

September 26, 2024

Download the infographic here (in French here).

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2024 Fall Advocacy Package

September 19, 2024

At this year’s Policy Session, CFUW’s membership adopted resolutions on preserving peatlands (CFUW North Delta/Surrey), protecting deep sea ecosystems from mining (CFUW Nanaimo), funding ageing in place (CFUW Advocacy Committee), and incentivizing the adoption of national long-term care standards (CFUW Advocacy Committee). In addition to providing relevant research and information about these topics, the Fall…

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Pre-Budget Consultations 2025

August 7, 2024

CFUW’s Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Federal Budget As a part of the federal government’s Pre-Budget Consultations in advance of Budget 2025, CFUW submitted the following recommendations to advance gender equality and social justice in Canada and abroad:   About CFUW Founded in 1919, CFUW is a self-funded, non-partisan…

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World Refugee Day 2024

June 20, 2024

This World Refugee Day, CFUW is raising awareness about the alarming number of refugees fleeing violence and persecution around the world-a number that has tripled in the last decade. Download our infographic on the global refugee population here (in French here).   But refugees are not just statistics. They are real people-many of whom are children-exercising their…

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Elder Action Day 2024

May 1, 2024

May 1 is CFUW’s Elder Action Day! Today is all about combatting ageism and advocating for better services and support for older people. This demographic is the fastest-growing age group in the country, yet is often disregarded and ignored. Together, we can make a more age-friendly society, where old people are able to age in…

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Statement on Budget 2024

April 23, 2024

CFUW-FCFDU welcomes the many investments announced in Budget 2024 that will improve the lives of women, girls, and gender-diverse people and advance gender equality. In July 2023, CFUW-FCFDU submitted a written submission for pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2024 Federal Budget. Our recommendations included: Implement Bill C-226 to address environmental justice and racism. Publish…

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Statement on the CSW68 Agreed Conclusions

April 2, 2024

The 68th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) was held in New York from March 11 to 22, 2024. On its final day, a set of Agreed Conclusions were adopted, centering on CSW68’s theme: “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening…

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International Women’s Day 2024

March 8, 2024

Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day to celebrate women in all of their diversity and the enormous strides we’ve made in the movement to achieve gender equality. It’s an opportunity to honour the strength and resilience of the women who have touched our lives-our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, friends, teachers, fellow…

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Statement on National Pharmacare Plan

March 1, 2024

Statement on National Pharmacare Plan CFUW-FCFDU joins Canadians across the country in celebrating the introduction of legislation for a national pharmacare program. In 2017, CFUW-FCFDU resolved as a national body to urge the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to deliver universal pharmacare, a publicly funded and financially sustainable drug plan that would cover medically necessary…

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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

December 6, 2023

On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women…  CFUW-FCFDU remembers the 14 women who were murdered 34 years ago at the École Polytechnique simply because they were women: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne -Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard,…

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