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January 29, 2010
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Harper just announced that he wants maternal and child health on the agenda for this year’s G8/G20 summits. “Canada can do this by taking the plan of action that was put together and given to the G8 leaders, before the 2009 G8 summit in Rome, by parliamentarians from...
January 22, 2010
Around the world in the past year, there has been unprecedented global attention on the issue of maternal mortality—as both a health issue and a human rights issue.
In many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of...
January 22, 2010
This fact sheet summarizes the key components of the 2009 Human Rights Council resolution on maternal mortality, and outlines key steps that advocates, governments, and donors can take to encourage its implementation.
Fact Sheet: UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Maternal Mortality
January 20, 2010
Crises have a way of uniting NGOs in a single cause. Usually it’s a major disaster such as the 2004 tsunami that left millions homeless or a bloody civil war that kills and displaces hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.
But our organizations are coming together this year for two reasons....
January 19, 2010
Ottawa: The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced today that Canada would provide an additional $80 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti. Today's announcement brings Canada's total response to a potential $135 million and involves contributions to the...
December 15, 2009
In conjunction with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning, ACPD has released a paper calling for the UN Human Rights Council to take further concrete action to address maternal mortality and morbidity from a human rights perspective. The...
December 7, 2009
ACPD, in partnership with the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS), the Global Campaign in Microbicides (GCM), and the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD) held a reception in Parliament around the documentary “In Women’s Hands. A Film on Women, HIV and Hope” The very well attended event was...
Ottawa: December, 2 2009
The internationally recognized Canadian aid and social justice group KAIROS has received notice from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) that it is losing half of its total funding, and is now on the verge of bankruptcy.
“KAIROS does tremendous work and this cut is mean-spirited...
November 27, 2009
Ms. Raymonde Folco (Laval—Les Îles, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the first of 16 days of solidarity. The sexual health and safety of women are key components of the prevention of violence against women. Recently in Ethiopia I...
Ottawa, November 18 2009
On Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 ACPD launched UNFPA’s State of World Population report; Facing a changing world: women, population and climate with a press conference held on Parliament Hill featuring Mme. Raymonde Folco, Chair of the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population...
