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Gender equality

As women’s rights face challenges, one group is rallying for action

Society

Advocates want changes to police investigating police gender-based violence accusations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alternative-investigate-police-gender-based-violence-cases-1.7198983

Society

Nigerian activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/nigeria-activists-mass-forced-marriage-girls-young-women

Gender equality

“Women belong in the room” – how one insurance leader is tackling impostor syndrome

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/breaking-news/women-belong-in-the-room--how-one-insurance-leader-is-tackling-impostor-syndrome-488574.aspx

Health

Celebrate, remember and reframe: the therapy sessions healing South Africa’s women

https://amp.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/south-africa-women-mental-health-phola-trauma-therapy-healing-counselling

Gender equality

Formula 1’s misogyny is a car crash you can’t look away from

https://www.mironline.ca/formula-1s-misogyny-is-a-car-crash-you-cant-look-away-from/

Health

More female doctors in the operating room could improve patient outcomes: study

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/women-operating-room-1.7204360

Society

Rothesay, N.B., woman ready to break barriers at Miss Universe Canada 2024

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/rothesay-n-b-woman-ready-to-break-barriers-at-miss-universe-canada-2024-1.6880769

Health

‘I felt like I was losing my mind’: how to keep your career on track during menopause

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/14/i-felt-like-i-was-losing-my-mind-how-to-keep-your-career-on-track-during-menopause

Women Leaders

Melinda French Gates says she is leaving Gates Foundation with $12bn for own causes

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/melinda-french-gates-says-she-is-leaving-gates-foundation-with-12bn-for-own-causes/ar-BB1mlIF6?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=62e2edcc51644956a07ddf61cf67c259&ei=6

Health

Facing ‘maternal evacuation,’ Inuit women on Labrador’s north coast want midwifery at home

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/facing-maternal-evacuation-inuit-women-083000031.html

Women Leaders

She runs Ontario’s largest credit union — and she wants to see more women at the top

https://www.thestar.com/business/she-runs-ontarios-largest-credit-union-and-she-wants-to-see-more-women-at-the/article_a150ff34-0278-11ef-a4d9-935a0816e1e3.html