IWD
IWD 2016 greetings from the Communist Party of Canada
2016: HARPER’S GONE, BUT THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY CONTINUES!
This March 8, International Women’s Day, is time to celebrate our history of struggle for equality, and to unite in action for a better and more just world.
In Canada we celebrate the defeat of the anti-women Harper Tories, who shut down virtually every federal agency or service which supported women’s equality, closed Status of Women Canada offices, eliminated funding of women’s organizations which engage in advocacy, passed Bill C-36 (which endangers the lives of sex workers) and blocked legal avenues to fight for pay equity.
The unequal status of women has been condemned by virtually every United Nations body that reviews Canada’s human rights performance, including the CEDAW Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Human Rights Committee, and the Human Rights Council. The new Liberal government must be pressed to take real action for full equality. (more…)