A Feminist Analysis of Women in Canada: The Unspoken Pandemic
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About this Event
Radical Feminists Unite (RFU) is pleased to invite you to the #FAWCan webinar series delivered via Zoom.
We are a Toronto-based group of women concerned about the deterioration of female sex-based rights in Canada, and the epidemic of violence against women & girls (#VAWG) here and abroad—which has intensified since the outbreak of COVID-19.
The #FAWCan speaker series shines light on this shadow pandemic, and calls for urgent action from policy makers, public and private organizations, as well as the global community.
Join us for 4-days of dialogue on women’s liberation. Eight feminists from across the country will speak on women’s legal and social status in contemporary Canada—a status still in flux more than a century after gaining the right to vote.
One ticket to this speaker series provides access to all four days (Nov 21, 22, 28, 29) and all eight webinars (see details below).
Each webinar will be 45 minutes in duration, followed by 15 min Q&A.
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ONE TICKET PROVIDES ACCESS TO ALL EIGHT WEBINARS.
TIMES ARE LISTED IN EST (Eastern Standard Time).
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SPEAKERS & TIMES (EST - Toronto time):
Saturday November 21, 2020
1:00 - 2:00 PM Gail Dines - Pornography and Prostitution: Why They Can Never Be Divided (only webinar not given by a Canadian woman)
2:30 - 3:30 PM Ghislaine Gendron - La Maternité de Substitution au Canada: La Nouvelle Destination Internationale du Tourisme Reproductif *
Surrogacy in Canada: The New International Destination for Reproductive Tourism
*Translation from French to English will be provided by a live interpreter
Sunday November 22, 2020
1:00 - 2:00 PM Linda Blade - Males in Canadian Women's Sports
2:30 - 3:30 PM Hilla Kerner - Vancouver Rape Relief: The Longest Standing Women's Shelter in Canada
Saturday November 28, 2020
1:00 - 2:00 PM Cherry Smiley - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada
2:30 - 3:30 PM Leila Bensalem - Burqa, Tchador, Niqab, Veil: What Does the Future Hold for Muslim Women?
Sunday November 29, 2020
1:00 - 2:00 PM April Halley - Women's Erasure by Gender Identity Legislation
2:30 - 3:30 PM Kathleen Lowrey - Canadian Women in Academia
Note: Zoom link will be provided by email a few days before each webinar.
In Sisterhood,
Radical Feminists Unite
