Rights of Women and Girls

ON SEPTEMBER 20th, MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT

Heather Shapter, Executive Director | September 15, 2021
Posted in Blog Stories, General, Rights of Women and Girls

On Monday, September 20th, Canadians will go to the polls to elect our next federal government. Opinion surveys suggest it is a very close race. While international development has not garnered the attention it deserves, issues affecting women and equality have, including climate change, vaccination, and gun control.

Change Starts With You: My Journey to International Volunteer Cooperation

Magalie Ménard, Program Support Advisor, Tanzania | December 8, 2020
Posted in Blog Stories, Rights of Women and Girls

I write to you from Tanzania, where I am currently on my third volunteer mandate with Crossroads, with a simple message: global citizens for change are needed now more than ever.

We can help survivors of violence access justice

Patricia Wilson, Victim Advocate | November 27, 2019
Posted in Blog Stories, Rights of Women and Girls

I work every day to support survivors of gender-based violence. As an Advocate in Toronto’s domestic violence court, I prepare survivors to actively participate in our legal system, thereby increasing their access to Justice.

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.

Voter apathy threatens women’s rights

Christine Campbell, Contributor | August 30, 2019
Posted in Rights of Women and Girls

There is a gap between a woman’s right to vote and the decision to exercise this right. The next elections is the opportunity to seize this right because we have a responsibility to those without it.

Call it Femicide

Christine Campbell, Contributor | March 4, 2019
Posted in Rights of Women and Girls

When I saw the late-night amber alert I got a lump in my throat. The next morning brought the heartbreaking news. Riya Rajkumaran, an 11-year-old Brampton, Ontario girl, was dead, murdered, as we later learned, by her father.

ON SEPTEMBER 20th, MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT

Change Starts With You: My Journey to International Volunteer Cooperation

We can help survivors of violence access justice

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

Voter apathy threatens women’s rights

Call it Femicide

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