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{
"time": "2010-04-19 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul's, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1879469\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, April 17, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Equality Day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879470\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We have come a long way in 25 years, but we still have a long way to go. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879471\" data-originallang=\"en\">This past weekend at the Thinking Women's Brain Spa, there was huge concern that Canadian women are now fighting to hold on to the rights we have, instead of being able to fight for equality for all women.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879472\" data-originallang=\"en\">Marilou McPhedren spoke on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Legal Education and Action Fund and explained that, without resources for gender equality initiatives, women's rights will be further eroded and there is a need for evidence-based advocacy for the lived rights of Canadian women.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879473\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nancy Peckford and the fabulous team from Equal Voice led us in the \u201cBe Her or Support Her\u201d boot camp to get more women elected, and Mary Anne Burke and Margrit Eichler taught us the tools of the bias-free framework, tools for the shared goal of full equality for all Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1879469\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le samedi 17 avril, nous avons c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 le 25<sup>e</sup> anniversaire de la Journ\u00e9e de l'\u00e9galit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879470\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous avons parcouru un long chemin en 25 ans, mais le chemin est encore long.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879471\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le week-end dernier, des participantes \u00e0 une retraite du groupe de r\u00e9flexion Thinking Women's Brain Spa ont soulev\u00e9 de vives pr\u00e9occupations quant au fait que les femmes doivent se battre maintenant pour conserver des droits acquis plut\u00f4t que pour obtenir l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 pour toutes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879472\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans un discours \u00e0 l'occasion du 25<sup>e</sup> anniversaire du Fonds d'action et d'\u00e9ducation juridiques pour les femmes, Marilou McPhedren a expliqu\u00e9 que, faute de ressources pour des projets promouvant l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes, les droits des femmes continueront de s'\u00e9roder, ajoutant qu'il est n\u00e9cessaire de pratiquer un militantisme inform\u00e9 au nom des droits acquis des Canadiennes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1879473\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nancy Peckford et l'\u00e9quipe formidable de l'organisme \u00c0 voix \u00e9gales ont anim\u00e9 \u00ab Soyez cette femme ou appuyez-la \u00bb, un atelier visant \u00e0 accro\u00eetre le nombre d'\u00e9lues. Mary Anne Burke et Margrit Eichler nous ont initi\u00e9es aux outils du cadre de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence Bias Free, des outils pour la r\u00e9alisation d'un but commun: la pleine \u00e9galit\u00e9 de tous les Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/4/19/carolyn-bennett-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/carolyn-bennett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2631/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3100080",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Status of Women",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/4/19/",
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}