Heather Shapter, Author at Crossroads International

Let’s Go for the Goals

Heather Shapter, Executive Director | February 1, 2020
Posted in Global Citizens

This month we are marking the 30th Anniversary of International Development Week. And for me the Go for the Goals theme is so much more than a catch phrase. It is a call to action.

New decade brings new leaders and new hope for women and girls

Heather Shapter, Executive Director | January 3, 2020
Posted in Blog Stories, General

Globally, 2019 was in many respects a difficult year, but not without glimmers of hope. As a new decade begins, let’s take stock of where we are.

Canada, when are we going to push back for girls?

Heather Shapter, Executive Director | October 3, 2019
Posted in Blog Stories, Rights of Women and Girls

In 2016 a landmark case won by 2018 UN Human Rights Prize Recipient Rebeca Gyumi raised the legal age of marriage to 18. In July, the government appealed the decision. If successful, child marriage will be legal once again.

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Posts by heather :

Let’s Go for the Goals

New decade brings new leaders and new hope for women and girls

Canada, when are we going to push back for girls?

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