
Myrna Dawson🇨🇦
@dawsonmyrna
Prof, Director @csslrv @CAN_femicide; Co-Pres Violence & Society, ISA; Advisor @FemicideWatch; Islander, Farm-raised, Feminist, Childfree, worships Mother Earth
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http://www.violenceresearch.ca 24-08-2012 16:35:45
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🔴 #HRC59 PANEL Speakers: - Volker Türk, chief UN Human Rights - Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict) - Grace Achan, Women's Advocacy Network Uganda - Nahla Haidar, chair, UN CEDAW - Clara Sandoval, Global Survivors Fund


TOMORROW 🌟 #UNTF, UN Women Geneva & UN Human Rights will hold their side-event during #HRC59 on advancing efforts to end #VAWG in the context of backlash. We’ll be hearing directly from women’s rights activists from around the world, sharing their experience & expertise on #EVAW.




It is great to see global leadership on this issue. Thank you Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls for your courage.



U of T Law Municipality of Colchester Mass Casualty Commission RCMP Halifax Examiner THANS Tim Houston Jennifer Henderson Andrea Jerrett Jesse Thomas Iain Rankin Claudia Chender Nova Scotia NDP Adsum for Women & Children RCMP Nova Scotia Stephen Maher Tim Bousquet The Todd Veinotte Show Sheldon MacLeod Portia Clark CBC Mainstreet Hfx Steve Murphy Michael Tutton Heidi Petracek Bruce Frisko Myrna Dawson🇨🇦 cassidymcmackon.bsky.social REMINDER: The Mass Casualty Commission Commission recommended the "dismantling of the RCMP". @LyndsayLeeJones Nova Scotia Attorney-General and Justice Minister Becky Druhan said she is not moving to a provincial policing model as the review recommended. #nspoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…



UN independant expert Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls calls for reaffirming importance of sex in description of violence against women & girls. #HRC59 "The erasure of sex as a distinct vector of analysis within law and policy obscures the unique vulnerabilities of females." buff.ly/QJ3pyv3





Fast fashion —cheap, trendy clothing made quickly to meet demand— is the world’s second-largest polluter after oil. As the industry grows, so does its environmental toll. UN Development breaks down the true cost of fast fashion: feature.undp.org/fashion-revolu…
