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

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Increased Rape Attacks in South Sudan report MSF

Monday, December 31st, 2018

The Federation of Medical Women of Canada is one of 70 organizational and individual members of the Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada. The FMWC WPS committee supports the … Read more

Advocacy, BLOG, Canada Foreign Policy, FMWC Advocacy, Gender-based Abuse, Gender-based violence, Human Rights, Humanitarian Health Care, Immigrant and Refugee Women, Sexual harassment, South Sudan, United Nations, violence, Violence Against Women, Women Peace and Security, Women Peace and Security Committee   |   , , , , , , ,

Rape is a War Crime that Canada Can Do More About

Friday, October 26th, 2018

The Federation of Medical Women of Canada supports Canada’s National Action Plan (C-NAP) and also advocates for special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other … Read more

Activism, Advocacy, BLOG, Canada Foreign Policy, FMWC Advocacy, Gender-based Abuse, Human Rights, Humanitarian Health Care, Immigrant and Refugee Women, International Aid, Reproductive Health, Rohingya Women and Girls, Violence Against Women, Women Peace and Security, Women Peace and Security Committee   |   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

FMWC Statement in Support of Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland

Thursday, August 23rd, 2018

The Federation of Medical Women of Canada stands with Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in calling out Saudi Arabia and demanding the immediate release of human rights activists. We strongly support … Read more

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