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Uniformed police officers have been excluded from participating in Toronto s Pride parade since 2017. New documents show Pride Toronto s leaders were poised to drop that ban as they sought federal grant money.(Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press)
Pride Toronto took in $250,000 of federal grant money to commemorate a contentious milestone in Canada s LGBTQ history with hopes of improving relations with police â even though a majority of its membership continued to oppose having uniformed officers march in the country s largest Pride parade, CBC News has learned.
After pushback from the community, the organization and federal officials reworked the contract so some of those taxpayer dollars could instead be spent on programs Pride Toronto ran before the grant was even awarded in 2018.
Tarun Tejpal case | Judgment in Tejpal case a huge setback, says Network of Women in Media
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The court has put the victim on trial, persistently shaming and discrediting her, says women journalists network
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The court has put the victim on trial, persistently shaming and discrediting her, says women journalists network
Tehelka magazine, who was charged, in 2013, of the rape, unlawful confinement and sexual harassment of a young woman journalist working at the magazine, is a grave miscarriage of justice and a massive setback for the Indian women’s rights movement and the safety of working women in particular, the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) said.
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The National Assembly has passed gender-based violence (GBV) bills that will change the landscape in terms of how government departments, law enforcement and the courts deal with cases of violence against women and the vulnerable.
The three bills – namely the Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill, Domestic Violence Amendment Bill and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill – were passed during a sitting on Thursday.
The bills were introduced in Parliament following a Presidential Summit against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) held in November 2018.
The summit resolved, amongst others, to fast track the review of existing laws and policies on GBV making them victim-centred, as well as to ensure all other relevant laws respond to GBV. It also resolved to revisit and fast track all outstanding laws and bills that relate to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).