Prime Minister Stephen Harper's failure to bring more gender balance to his cabinet is a clear expression of his own indifference to the role of women in politics and public life, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said today.
Canada's elections chief on Monday defended a decision to allow conservatively veiled Muslim women to vote without uncovering their faces, despite appeals from the prime minister to reverse the ruling.
Proposed changes to how Ontario elects its politicians will invariably mean more women, visible minorities and even young people find their way into provincial politics, advocates say - an outcome that critics counter is far from assured.
Opposition parties decried the demise of a leading women's group today, calling the Conservative government "Neanderthal" and "misogynist" for cutting off federal support for advocacy and research on women's issues.
More women than ever were elected to Ontario's legislature Wednesday, but female politicians and advocates say there are still plenty of obstacles left to equality of the sexes in politics.
An Edmonton woman is this year's winner of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) Canadian Women in Municipal Government scholarship. Claire Dub won the scholarship for her research into why more women do not run for political office.
Although there have been great strides in equality among men and women in Canada since Agnes MacPhail became the first woman elected in the House of Commons in 1921, we have a long way to go before we achieve equality in political expression.
The NDP’s Women’s Caucus launched its Fairness for Women Campaign, aimed at getting women back on the political agenda and increasing women’s participation in Parliament.
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Young and senior women in the Québec City area will have a chance to gain critical skills thanks to an investment by theGovernment of Canada in two projects.