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Women Are an Important Piece of UAE Nuclear Power Program

March 10, 2022 admin barakah, full coverage, International, International Women's Day, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power podcasts, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Women, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:38:23 +0000

Tuesday, March 8, was International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The idea of an International Women’s Day (IWD) was first proposed in 1910 by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, during a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The […]

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B.C. to study pay equity law, years after opposition pushed issue

March 8, 2022 admin british columbia politics, local news, news, salaries, Women

Credit to Author: Lisa Cordasco| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 02:30:23 +0000

Government has not said when it expects to introduce legislation

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Bittersweet first year for Canada's only shelter for sex workers

March 6, 2022 admin Downtown Eastside, HEALTH, local news, news, prostitution, Women

Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 17:00:42 +0000

WISH opened the first sex-worker shelter in 2020. It has housed 124 women, but turned away women more than 1,000 times as needs are so high

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Study finds South Asian women are often overlooked and underemployed

March 3, 2022 admin International Women's Day, Living, news, pink attitude, south asian women, Women

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:44:10 +0000

A new report released ahead of International Women’s Day (March 8, 2022) is shedding light on the reasons South Asian women have the highest unemployment rate in Canada and what employers can do to unlock the potential of this growing labour force.

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Daphne Bramham: As government fiddles on foreign-trained doctors, B.C. citizens suffer

March 1, 2022 admin b.c. human rights tribunal, b.c. supreme court, British Columbia, citizenship and immigration canada, columnists, education, family & child, HEALTH, Health Canada, Human rights, immigration, local health, local news, men, national, news, opinión, politics, ubc medical school, Women

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:00:50 +0000

Opinion: A constitutional challenge by foreign-trained doctors to barriers barring them from practise is a baby step closer to being heard.

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Embattled B.C. nurses face a new challenge as annual professional fees come due

February 27, 2022 admin b.c. nurses, covid, covid-19, HEALTH, Life, local news, medical, more reopening canada, national, news, nurses, nursing, politics, postpandemic, reopening canada, Women

Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:18:19 +0000

“We are frustrated with being nickelled and dimed when our jobs are huge sources of emotional and physical stress, which only worsened with the pandemic. If we are not dispensable, then lower the fees and make us feel appreciated.” — Hayley Biller

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The 434 in Metro Vancouver who died in heat dome mostly elderly, poor, isolated, female

February 26, 2022 admin British Columbia, climate change, local health, local news, Seniors, Women

Credit to Author: Susan Lazaruk| Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 22:11:38 +0000

Researchers also found a link between lack of “greenness” around the homes of those who perished during six days of sustained higher than normal temperatures last summer but said more studies are needed to draw that link

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