Women's Health

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Connexions: Volume 7, Number 1 - March 1982
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1982
Coopting the language of the left at the pro-life march on Washington
Motopu, Comrade
Article
2017
Examining the use of left wing rhetoric by a participant of the pro-life match on Washington to justify right wing ideologies and policies, and the broader impliciations of such tactics.
Health News Briefs 1987 - 1991
Diemer, Ulli
Article
1992
A round-up of health care in the news, 1987 - 1991.
Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
Lewis, Stephen
Book
2005
This book is a compilation of the 2005 Massey Lectures on the topic of the Millennium Development Goals, with a special focus on AIDS in Africa. Lewis' lectures are personal and passionate in their d...
Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives
Raphael, Dennis (ed.)
Book
2004
The social determinants of health are summarized and analyzed by over 30 medical and social academics.
The Struggle to Stop Female Genital Mutilation: Against The Current vol. 91
Brenner, Mark
Article
2001
In January, 1999 the Senegalese parliament joined several other African nations imposing a ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). At the time of the ban over 700,000 women -- approximately twenty per...

Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites

Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
CRIAW is a national organization that promotes and disseminates feminist research through: a Bank of Researchers; research grants, awards and prizes; publication of research papers and research tools;...
Childbirth by Choice Trust
To educate the public on the issues of birth control, abortion and family planning.
Dying With Dignity
To improve the quality of dying for all Canadians in accordance with their own wishes, values and beliefs.
Farm Radio Weekly
Campaigns against hunger and disease in Africa and elsewhere through informative, educational radio information broadcasts.
Infact Canada/Infant Feeding Action Coalition
To promote better infant and maternal health by protecting breastfeeding and fostering appropriate infant feeding practices in Canada and internationally.

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Letter to Mayor Ford regarding funding for Immigrant Women's Health Centre
Garfinkle, Miriam
2011
The health work done at Immigrant Women's Centre is high quality care involving all aspects of immigrant women's reproductive health.

From the Connexions Archives

Committee For A Canadian Women's Health Network
Organization profile published 1981
Organization
1981
The need for a national women's health network was identified at recent conferences held in Edmonton (1980) and Toronto (1981).
Healthsharing
Periodical profile published 1979
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1979
Healthsharing, Inc
Organization profile published 1981
Organization
1981
In the spring of 1980, a group of women got together to discuss their concerns about the lack of services for women in Regina, especially in the area of reproductive health.
Northwestern Ontario Women's Health Education Project
Organization profile published 1983
Organization
1983
Saskatoon Women's Health Collective
Organization profile published 1983
Organization
1983
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Organization profile published 1983
Organization
1983
Women's Health Education
Organization
1983
Women's Health Education Project
Organization profile published 1981
Organization
1981
A general goal of the Women's Health Education Project is to develop women's capacity to sustain and promote health for themselves, their community and their families.
Women's Health Education Project
Organization profile published 1983
Organization
1983