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  • Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan

    Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan

    • May 30, 2019

    After new legislation permitting same-sex marriage came into effect in Taiwan on 24 May 2019, LGBT couples and their families began celebrating their new freedom. Journalists and foreign diplomats (including Canadian representative Jordan Reeves) crowded into Taipei City Hall to …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019

    Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019

    • December 19, 2018

    By Stéphanie Bacher

    Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way …

    By CIPS
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  • Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists

    Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists

    • December 10, 2018

    In October 2018, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls presented a report to the UN General Assembly recognizing violence against women in politics (VAWP) as a human rights violation …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
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  • Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections

    Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections

    • November 28, 2018

    Taiwan’s mid-term elections on 24 November brought a renewed “blue wave” to the island democracy. In this case, the blues are the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT) and allies who favour rapprochement with China. The greens are the …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    • November 16, 2018

    by Dane Degenstein

    Tanzania has recently started a campaign to identify, track down, and arrest gay people, an unprecedented move in a previously more tolerant country. The regional governor of Dar es Salaam, Paul Makonda, announced a task force to …

    By CIPS
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  • Women Leaders Needed in the WTO

    Women Leaders Needed in the WTO

    • June 14, 2018

    The Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment is a stepping stone on the road to advancing gender equality and the economic empowerment of women in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The best way to achieve gender equality in an …

    By Debra Steger
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  • The Commonwealth’s Refusal to Address LGBTI Rights

    The Commonwealth’s Refusal to Address LGBTI Rights

    • April 25, 2018

    One of the best predictors of whether a country criminalizes homosexuality is whether it is a member of the Commonwealth. In 36 out of 53 Commonwealth countries, sexual acts in private between two consenting adults of the same sex are …

    By Stephen Brown
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  • Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent

    Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent

    • March 21, 2018

    In too many countries around the world, LGBTQ persons are criminalized — singled out for who they love — with criminal penalties including prison time and death. Canada’s refugee admission system is not perfect, but one of its great strengths …

    By Patti Tamara Lenard
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  • Budget 2018: A Bit of Good News for Development

    Budget 2018: A Bit of Good News for Development

    • March 1, 2018

    by Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill

    If you watched Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday, you had to be paying close attention to catch the one sentence that refers to foreign aid: “We will …

    By Stephen Brown
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  • Gender, Data, and High-Risk Environments

    Gender, Data, and High-Risk Environments

    • December 6, 2017

    Collecting reliable data on state and political processes in insecure environments is a necessary first step to understanding and ultimately reducing violence. Gender shapes the data we collect, the ways it is collected, and ultimately the findings we produce and …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
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  • Women in Political Life Say #MeToo: Here’s How Harassment and Violence Limit Their Political Lives Worldwide

    Women in Political Life Say #MeToo: Here’s How Harassment and Violence Limit Their Political Lives Worldwide

    • October 23, 2017

    In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal last week, millions of women and men took to social media to speak out against sexual harassment and violence. Facebook alone saw over 12 million posts as more than 4.7 million users …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
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  • Crowded Out by “Big Man” Politics, Kenyan Women Still Struggle in 2017 Elections

    Crowded Out by “Big Man” Politics, Kenyan Women Still Struggle in 2017 Elections

    • August 21, 2017

    by Gabrielle Bardall, PhD, CIPS Research Associate

    For all its progressive constitution, high-tech society, and exceptionally resourced Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya is the worst performer in the East African Community (EAC) regarding women in parliament. These failures …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
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Latest Posts

  • Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
    Mass Wedding Banquet to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
    • Analysis
    • May 30, 2019
  • Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
    Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
    • Analysis
    • December 19, 2018
  • Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists
    Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists
    • Analysis
    • December 10, 2018
  • Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections
    Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections
    • Analysis
    • November 28, 2018
  • Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania
    Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania
    • Analysis
    • November 16, 2018
  • Women Leaders Needed in the WTO
    Women Leaders Needed in the WTO
    • Analysis
    • June 14, 2018

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