Campaigns and Resources
CFUW Submission for Canada’s 4th Universal Periodic Review
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 28, 2023 – CFUW submission on the occasion of Canada’s 4th Universal Periodic Review to the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) Every five years, civil society actors, states, and human rights monitoring-bodies contribute a report to the OHCHR on Canada’s performance on securing human…
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Statement on Budget 2023
March 30, 2023 – CFUW Statement on the 2023 Federal Budget In October 2022, CFUW submitted a written submission for the pre-budget consultations in advance of the upcoming federal budget. Our recommendations included: $500 million additional per year for a National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) $100 million annually of investment into climate initiatives,…
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Call to Action: Environmental Racism and Justice
Support of Bill C-226 on a National Strategy to Address Environmental Racism Bill C-226: An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice This bill is about to go for its third reading and would enact the need for a national strategy on…
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CFUW joins #Women4GunControl Coalition
Campaign on Bill C-21 to ban assault-style firearms CFUW joins Women’s 30 other Women’s and Feminist Organizations as part of the #Women4GunControl Coalition to Call on National Party Leaders to Honour Their Campaign Promises to Ban Assault-Style Firearms From the open letter to national party leaders: “Gun control is a feminist issue, since access to…
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Remembering the Victims of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre and a Renewed Call for Action on Femicide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa | December 6th, 2022 Remembering the Victims of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre and a Renewed Call for Action on Femicide Ottawa, December 6th, 2022 – Today is the 33rd anniversary of the mass shooting, femicide, and gender-based violence (GBV) that we remember as the Polytechnique Massacre in Montréal, Quebec. We remember…
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Statement on Roe v. Wade
June 27, 2022 CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (CFUW) STANDS WITH WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), an organization founded in 1919 working to improve the status of women by promoting human rights, public education, social justice, and peace in Canada and abroad, is deeply concerned over…
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Joint Statement from Canadian organizations on Special Immigration Measures for Afghan Nationals
CFUW is proud to join the Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, the Afghan Youth Engagement and Development Initiative, the Afghan Women’s Centre of Montreal, Northern Lights Canada, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, the Canadian International Learning Foundation, Hazara Women Organization, and the Canadian Hazara Humanitarian Services on a joint statement urging the Government of Canada to…
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World Refugee Day Infographic
Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, check out CFUW’s new infographic with quick facts & figures about refugees around the world and learn how you can take action. Click here to view the infographic with clickable source links! #WorldRefugeeDay
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Canadian Beijing+25 Network: Resources for Action Coalitions
The Beijing+25 Network is a grassroots network of over 70 feminist and equality-seeking organizations working domestically on women’s rights and gender equality issues in Canada. The organizations within the Network are committed to monitoring the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) in Canada. For the Beijing +25 review, there are six Action Coalitions…
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Letter to Ministers Re: Firearms Controls and Violence Against Women
CFUW National President, Kathryn Wilkinson, was proud to join other feminist leaders in a letter on firearms controls as they relate to violence against women initiated by the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) to The Honourable Marco Mendicino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety and The Honourable Marci Ien, P.C., M.P., Minister…
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