FMWC Statement on Access to Medical Abortion Care

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

The Federation of Medical Women of Canada is a national organization committed to the professional, social and personal advancement of women physicians and to the promotion of the well-being of … Read more

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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

It is incomprehensible that after almost 20 years of careful negotiation and step-by-step progress beginning with the adoption of United Nations Security Resolution (UNSCR)1325 in 2000, pressure from the US … Read more

Abortion, Abortion Care, Activism, Advocacy, Birth Control, BLOG, Canada Foreign Policy, FMWC Advocacy, Gender-based Abuse, Gender-based discrimination, Gender-based violence, Reproductive Health, United Nations, violence, Violence Against Women, Women Peace and Security, Women Peace and Security Committee   |   , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Promise of Mifepristone

Friday, April 26th, 2019

It’s been 50 years since Canada first legalized hospital abortions in 1969 and 30 years since mifepristone, the “abortion pill” first received approval in France with promises to change the … Read more

Abortion, Abortion Care, Advocacy, Birth Control, BLOG, Contraception, Event, FMWC Advocacy, Gender Equity and Diversity, International Women’s Day, International Women’s Health, IWD, Mifegymiso, Mifepristone, motherhood, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, women's health   |   , , , , , , , ,

Perception and Use of Contraceptives Among Kenyan Youth

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

Dr. Bev Johnson travelled to Kenya in the fall of 2018 to attend a meeting of the Medical Women International Association (MWIA). There, she and Dr. Clarissa Fabre ( President … Read more

Advocacy, Birth Control, BLOG, Contraception, FMWC Advocacy, International Women’s Health, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health   |  

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