by Katie Palmer –Canada– In 2009, the Toronto Star published a series of investigative reports on the widespread abuse and exploitation of Filipina live-in caregivers. The newspaper repeatedly pegged migrant women as victims: victims of ungodly employers; victims of provincial …

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by Imelda V. Abaño – Philippines – TORONTO – “What has happened to me can never be undone!” Even after five years, even after being officially cleared by a prolonged government study, Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen and telecommunications …

Maher Arar: A Case of Unjustified Government-Sanctioned Torture Continues Into the Present In a New Form Read more »

by D-L Nelson – France – It is easy to talk about a problem; it is much harder to do anything about it. Two Canadian women, tired of hearing about leadership crisis, decided to kick-start a national dialogue. Françoise Morissette …

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by D-L Nelson – France – What turns a happy employee and grandmother into a striker willing to walk an icy picket line in Hamilton, ON, Canada for almost six months? Nancy Bachorski says unfair treatment is to blame. For …

Canadian Strikers Weather the Cold for Fair Wages Read more »