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The Canadian Women's Foundation ( French: Fondation Canadienne des Femmes) is a national non-profit organization focused on helping women and girls. It aims to end violence against women, move low-income women out of poverty, and empower girls. The Canadian Women's Foundation is the only national women's foundation in Canada. [ 1]
helping build and foster crime prevention initiatives; collaborating with other law enforcement and government agencies to share information and coordinate the approach. In 2005, the RCMP estimated that 600-800 people are trafficked into Canada annually, and that additional 1,500-2,200 are trafficked through Canada into the United States.
Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Women and Children, League of Nations organization. 8th Day Center for Justice, a Roman Catholic organization based in Chicago, Illinois. A21 Campaign, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to fight human trafficking. ACT Alberta, a Canadian coalition of Government of Alberta ...
Women and Gender Equality Canada ( WAGE; French: Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada (FEGC) ), known as Status of Women Canada from 1976 to 2018, is a department of the Government of Canada. Previously an agency under the Department of Canadian Heritage, it gained department status after a vote in December 2018 passed the Budget ...
v. t. e. A women's shelter, also known as a women's refuge and battered women's shelter, is a place of temporary protection and support for women escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence of all forms. [ 1] The term is also frequently used to describe a location for the same purpose that is open to people of all genders at risk.
The National Council of Women of Canada ( NCWC, French: Conseil national des femmes du Canada ( CNFC )) is a Canadian advocacy organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, aimed at improving conditions for women, families, and communities. A federation of nationally-organized societies of men and women and local and provincial councils of women, it ...
Civil law enforcement agencies. Canada Border Services Agency [ 28] Canada Post Security & Investigation Services. Canada Revenue Agency Criminal Investigations Program [ 29] Canadian Food Inspection Agency Inspectors and Investigators. Correctional Service of Canada. Competition Bureau [ 30]
t. e. The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women ( CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly . Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. [ 1 ]