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Women with Disabilities are not excluded from having a sexual life and are, according to studies, more likely to fall victim to intimate partner violence. The Ministry of Social Development

While people with disabilities have the same general health care needs as other people, they are three times more likely to be denied care and four times more likely to be mistreated in the healthcare system.

Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox says a bill to enhance the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities is nearing completion.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg handed down an order compelling the provincial Department of Social Development to address the funding crisis faced by non-profit organisations across the province.

Two Russian women have succeeded in getting their full New Zealand taxpayer-funded pensions after their Russian pensions dried up with the invasion of Ukra

The community and family of the 22-month-old toddler, who was raped at a Newlands East daycare centre, are demanding that police arrest the owner while they

Food insecurity is increasing among P.E.I. children and is now the worst in the country, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada.

In May, a UN expert group meeting in Geneva examined the progress made on UN Sustainable Development Goal 1, which calls for ending extreme poverty by 2030.

The first phase of the new $181-million Nanaimo Correctional Centre has opened at Brannen Lake, with more space and support programs.

The first phase of the new $181-million Nanaimo Correctional Centre has opened at Brannen Lake, with more space and support programs.