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NEWSBYTES -July 24, 2009
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The Advisory Council on the Status of Women is the provincial government agency that promotes equality, fairness and dignity for women, by bringing forward concerns and advising the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Act. Through research, policy, education, and partnerships, the council works to ensure women have an equal voice in society, fair pay and pensions, freedom from violence, and good health and well-being.
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You can also read the newsletter and about coming events at the Advisory Council's website: <http://www.women.gov.ns.ca >.
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
/1/ Status of Women Canada Women’s Community Fund
/2/ The “Nuts and Bolts of Running For Office” - Join Our Facebook Page
/3/ Decisions of The Women’s Court of Canada
/4/ Canada’s Non-Profit Maze: A Scan of Legislation and Regulation
/5/ New Brunswick Chapter of Equal Voice
/6/ Aboriginal Children’s Health: Unicef Report
/7/ Offensive Advertising - How To Submit A Complaint
/8/ 4th Annual Dikta International Women’s Festival
/9/ Did You Know?
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/1/ STATUS OF WOMEN CANADA WOMEN’S COMMUNITY FUND
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Apply for Status of Women Canada Women’s Community Fund by September 30, 2009.
The call is open to eligible not-for-profit and for-profit organizations for projects at the
local, regional, provincial/territorial and national levels. These are the priority projects: end violence against women and girls; improve women's and girls' economic security and prosperity; encourage women and girls in leadership and decision-making. Final decisions on program funding will be made on January 27, 2010.
Learn more: http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/fun-fin/wcf-fcf/index-eng.html.
Source: Status of Women Canada.
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/2/ THE “NUTS AND BOLTS OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE” – JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
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The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women will hold its fifth Nova Scotia Campaign School for Women from October 16 to 18 at Mount Saint Vincent University, a longtime partner in training women leaders. Learn insider knowledge, tools for success, and the do’s and don’t from politicians, party officials, policy makers, communication trainers, and scholars.
Check our website for more information and a registration form to attend this no-cost political weekend: http://women.gov.ns.ca/projectscampaignschool.asp .
Join us on Facebook by searching for our full name, Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, or Nova Scotia Campaign School for Women.
The school is one way Council strives to increase the number and diversity of women involved in decisions that affect their lives.
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/3/ DECISIONS OF THE WOMEN’S COURT OF CANADA
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The Court.ca announced recently that it will reproduce the decisions of the Women’s Court of Canada. In 2004 this group of feminist /equality Charter activists, lawyers, and academics, decided to do something about what they saw as the sorry state of equality jurisprudence under
Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The solution? Rewrite the key decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada in this important area.
The first six judgments of the Women’s Court of Canada have now been published in Volume 18 of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law. During the coming months TheCourt.ca will reproduce these judgments, providing them with a permanent online home.
Learn more: http://www.thecourt.ca/decisions-of-the-womens-court-of-canada/.
Source: The Court, York University, Osgoode Law School, July 8, 2009.
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/4/ CANADA’S NON-PROFIT MAZE: A SCAN OF LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
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“Canada’s non-profit maze: a scan of legislation and regulation impacting revenue generation in the non-profit sector ” is research, commissioned by the Wellesley Institute that provides a troubling picture of the financial and regulatory burdens facing the third sector. This vital web of non-profit, charitable and voluntary organizations provide programs and services and knit together communities. It is also a significant economic force. In recent years, governments have increasingly relied on non-profit groups to deliver services.
Learn more:
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/files/Canada%27s%20Non-Profit%20Maze%20report.pdf
Accompanying documents:
A policy brief: http://wellesleyinstitute.com/files/Policy%20Brief_Canada%27s%20Non%20Profit%20Maze.pdf
Supporting Tables: Canada’s Non-Profit Maze
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/files/Canada%27s%20Non%20Profit%20Maze%20-%20Supporting%20Tables.pdf
Source: Wellesley Institute, impacting revenue generation in the non-profit sector, May 2009.
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/5/ NEW BRUNSWICK CHAPTER OF EQUAL VOICE
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A new organization is forming in New Brunswick to reverse traditionally low numbers of women in politics. Currently, seven MLAs holdabout 12 per cent of the 55 seats in the legislature — whereas women make up 51 per cent of the province's population. The assembly has never had more than 20 per cent of its seats held by women.
Source: CBC, July 22, 2009
Equal Voice Nova Scotia is our local chapter, dedicated to the goal “Elect More Women.” See http://www.equalvoice.ca/idx.php?rl=13:&lid=1 .
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/6/ ABORIGINAL CHILDREN’S HEALTH: UNICEF REPORT
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Canada is marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child with the release of a report called “Aboriginal Children’s Health: Leaving No Child Behind -- the Canadian Supplement to State of the World’s Children 2009."
UNICEF Canada partnered with the National Collaborating Centre on Aboriginal Health to produce the report. It examines the health of Aboriginal children through the perspectives of national experts and analysis of existing data. The report concludes that health disparities among First Nations, Inuit and Métis children are one of the most significant children’s rights challenges facing our nation.
Summary
http://www.unicef.ca/portal/Secure/Community/502/WCM/HELP/take_action/Advocacy/Report%20Summary%20Leaving%20no%20child%20behind.pdf
Highlights
http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=2063
Source: UNICEF Canada, June 24, 2009.
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/7/ OFFENSIVE ADVERTISING – HOW TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT
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If you have a concern about an ad you see or hear currently running in Canadian media, submit a complaint to Advertising Standards Canada. To enable the organization to communicate your precise concern to the involved advertiser, complaints must be received in writing. ASC encourages you to submit complaints through its Online Complaint Submission Form, or you can mail or fax it. To learn more or to submit a complaint by email, click the link below.
For more information click here:
http://www.adstandards.com/en/ConsumerComplaints/howToSubmitAComplaint.aspx
Source: Advertising Standards Canada website.
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/8/ 4TH ANNUAL DIKITA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FESTIVAL
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The Maritime Centre for African Dance is holding this women-only festival from July 31 to August 1. It’s a chance to let loose, celebrate and embrace our bodies – no dance experience required! You will learn a variety of dance expressions and movements that will make you feel relaxed and energized. This year there will be Rapper dance from Mahone Bay, Congolese dance, Hoola hoop Dance, Yoga, Stomp and more.
Dikita, from the shona language in Zimbabwe, means sweat.
For more details and to see what else is going on, visit our Events Calendar at: http://women.gov.ns.ca/calendar.asp .
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/9/ DID YOU KNOW?
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Women may be more likely than men to have "nontraditional" stroke symptoms, especially disorientation, confusion, or loss of consciousness, according to a new study. The study, published in the June 1 edition of “Stroke,” defines nontraditional stroke symptoms as pain in the face or half of the body, disorientation, confusion, or loss of consciousness, lightheadedness, headache, nausea, hiccups, and weakness, and chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath.
See http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/40/6/2031 .
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