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Canada and the Beijing +15 review

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3 Mar 2010
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This week, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is undertaking a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Ongoing national and regional review processes have been feeding into the global review process.

Below are documents on Canada's progress, including reports from the government of Canada, civil society, and media articles about Canada's state.

Government of Canada

Government of Canada's response to the questionnaire on implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (See pg 8 for information on child care)

Statement by the Honourable Helena Guergis, P.C., M.P. Canada's Minister of State (Status of Women) at the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (Beijing+15)

Civil society reponse

Reality check: Women in Canada and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action fifteen years on: A Canadian civil society response (See pp. 1 and 6 for information about child care)

Labour, women's groups will tell UN Canada is lagging Canadian Labour Congress press release, 22 Feb 10

Media reports

Women's push for equality in Canada stalled or regressing: report
Canadian Press, 21 Feb 10

Canadian women's rights in decline, report says
Toronto Star, 23 Feb 10

Zerbisias: Canada's standing nosedives in annual gender gap ranking
Toronto Star, 24 Feb 10

 

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