Building an inclusive community
... fosteringvirtual
activism & individual empowerment locally
and globally
DAWN
Ontario
DAWN
Ontario is a progressive,
volunteer-driven, feminist
organization promoting social justice, human rights & the advancement
of equality rights through
education, research, advocacy, coalition-building, resource development, &
information technology.
Our
mission is to generate
knowledge, information and skills to secure the inclusion,
citizenship, human rights and equality of women and girls with disabilities.
We
work to illuminate the causes & multidimensional consequences of the growing
inequality of wealth, income, power & opportunity in
Canada; and to move this critical national problem onto the front
burner of Canadian politics and public discourse.
DAWN
Ontario is the only provincial, feminist, cross-disAbility organization in Ontario
providing leadership in advocating for inclusion and equality of disAbled women.
We receive No Funding
and have No Paid Staff!
Cross-sectoral
networks are our strength We believe that powerful, proactive networks
can create change:
We
work at the grassroots level to generate
knowledge, information and skills to secure the inclusion
of women and girls with disabilities.
We
strive to develop inclusive outreach strategies to reduce the social isolation
experienced by marginalized women's communities.
We
address the systemic issues that impact on tghe social and economic realities
of women and girls with disabilities.
The
Universal Declaration of the Human Rights recognizes that all persons
are born free and equal, and are entitled to live with dignity and exercise
the same rights. Social exclusion violates human rights and the basic
principle of equality.
"The
most inescapable reality for women with disabilities is POVERTY!" ~
DAWN Ontario
"Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
~ Marquis de Vauvenargues
Feminist
Principles, Practices and Processes Feminist
principles guide the work that we do within equality-seeking organizations, as
well as the way that we do it. These are the feminist principles of:
choose
to change this - Women and children more at risk in province Read the report
released by OAITH - Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
on Mon. Nov. 24.03 at Queen's Park. (Reproduced from PDF file) "Since
June 1995: 161 women, 21 children,
10 family and friends murdered. 33%
increase in murders of women between 2000 and 2001--virtually all in Ontario"
- The title of this report
is borrowed from the Liberal Party election campaign slogan "choose
change" because we look forward to a new approach that will offer
hope to women and children experiencing violence in Ontario. Abused women work
hard every day to change their lives and the lives of their children. Governments
can take women's lives from poverty to promise, from fear to freedom--if they
choose to take action now. During November Wife Assault Prevention Month
in Ontario, we especially look forward to positive and speedy change.
Assaulted
Women's Helpline Helpline available across Ontario to women experiencing
violence. All calls are anonymous. Support available in 154 languages
Ontario
Works(OW)
Ontario government's welfare-to-work program: provides financial and employment
assistance to single people, couples with and without children, and sole-support
parents.
CCSD's
Disability Research Information
Page publish useful disability info sheets - compilation of a range of sources
of data on various issues related to disability. Available in PDF & HTML formats!
Through
the Looking Glass TLG is a nationally recognized non-profit center
and first National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities. They
provide direct services, training, materials and research concerning families
in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability or medical issue.
UNPAC
Women & Economy Project
A comprehensive website devoted to women's experiences in the economy. Stats,
articles, and activities on women and globalization, childcare, paid and unpaid
work, the wage gap, economics 101, economic alternatives, women and poverty, and
more. Features personal stories of 30 women including a number of women living
with disabilities.
Women's
Health Matters Resource Database Searchable
bilingual database of women’s health resources for consumers & health
professionals; provides women with information about where to find women’s
health resources to support their health-care decision-making. Users can search
the database using a variety of criteria to retrieve results that contain standardized
descriptions of reviewed resources.
L.O.
Combat Violence Against Women Women's Aid Centres in Israel
Herzlia Hedera Rishon Le Zion Shelters for abused
women & their children; Day seminars/lectures; 2nd stage housing; Hotline
for women in Hebrew, for women in Russian, & for children; Training hotline
volunteers
ENAWA - European and
North American WomenAction ENAWA is a network of media, ICT, information
& advocacy organizations. ENAWA strengthens & integrates a feminist analysis
in the information & media landscape in relation to social movements &
the women’s movement in the European & North American regions & the world
B.a.B.e.
Be active, Be emancipated)
B.a.B.e. is a Women's Human Rights Group working in Croatia. The word
"Babe" (Bah-beh) in Croatian also means "old hag," a pejorative term for an old
woman. The women of B.a.B.e. want to give
new meaning to this ugly name that is used against women.
CROW
Magazine First & only Women's Ezine
in Croatia; "Only those who dare to be different can make the difference"
WRAP Women's Rights
Advocacy Program(WRAP) of the International
Human Rights Law Groupworks to strengthen the capacity of women's
groups by disseminating information & providing training in using human rights
language & international human rights standards to advocate effectively for
women's human rights
Women
under muslim laws Facilitate information exchange & solidarity between women
in Muslim countries and communities
ICHRDD: International Centre for Human Rights & Democratic DevelopmentCanadian institution with
an international mandate that initiates, encourages & supports the promotion,
development & strengthening of democratic & human rights institutions
& programmes through advocacy & capacity building
WOMANKIND Worldwide UK charity that has at its heart support for
women's economic, political & social equality globally
Isis-Women's International Cross Culture Exchange (Isis-WICCE)
is an action-oriented women's resource centre which was started in 1974 in Geneva,
Switzerland. It relocated to Kampala, Uganda at the end of 1993 to try and tap
information concerning African women to make it more accessible & available
to women worldwide. Isis-WICCE was founded in response to the increasing information
needs of women from various regions of the world to communicate ideas, create
solidaritynetworks, & share information to overcome gender related inequalities
Mobility International USA (MIUSA) A US-based
national non-profit organization whose mission is to empower people with
disabilities around the world through international exchange, information, technical
assistance & training, & to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities
in international exchange & development programs
Gender
and Disability A Survey of InterAction Member Agencies Findings
and Recommendations on Inclusion of Women and Men with Disabilities in International
Development Programs
MADRE An international women's human rights organization; works in partnership
with community-based women’s organizations in conflict areas worldwide to address
issues of health, education, economic development & other human rights.
Bhutan
Women and Children Organisation(BWCO) Contains information on the
status of Bhutanese women & children, basic information on Bhutan, its people,
government, judiciary, legislature, human rights situation activities, women’s
and children’ rights.
Legal
Aid and Consultancy Center (LACC)
- Nepal A legal NGO working for promotion
and protection of the rights of women and children. Its main area of work is VAW,
sexual abuses and exploitation of women and children, child labour
Climate
Change (Global Warming): Human activities are altering the chemical composition
of the atmosphere through the build-up of greenhouse gases that trap heat and
reflect it back to the earth's surface. This is resulting in changes to our climate,
including a rise in global temperatures and more frequent extreme weather events.
Climate change is
a change in the "average weather" that a given region experiences. Average
weather includes all the features we associate with the weather such as temperature,
wind patterns and precipitation. When we speak of climate change on a global scale,
we are referring to changes in the climate of the Earth as a whole. The rate and
magnitude of global climate changes over the long term have many implications
for natural ecosystems.
Climate
change is more than a warming trend. Increasing temperatures will lead to changes
in many aspects of weather, such as wind patterns, the amount and type of precipitation,
and the types and frequency of severe weather events that may be expected to occur.
Such climate change could have far-reaching and/or unpredictable environmental,
social and economic consequences. Source: Environment Canada
Greenhouse
Gases A number of minor gases in the atmosphere, although relatively
transparent to sunlight, absorb most of the infrared heat energy transmitted by
the Earth towards space. This phenomenon has been called the "greenhouse
effect" and the absorbing gases that cause it "greenhouse gases".
Important greenhouse gases include: water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
oxide, ozone, and halocarbons. Read
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Climate
Trends An analysis of temperature records shows that the Earth has
warmed an average of 0.5°C over the past 100 years. The warming is real and
significant though its intensity has varied from decade to decade, from region
to region and from season to season. Read
More
Modelling
the Global Climate One of the most effective ways of estimating our
future climate is to use powerful computer simulations of past and present climates.
Read
More
Greenhouse
Gases
The
atmosphere is a complex mix of gases that trap the sun’s heat near the Earth’s
surface – just as a glass greenhouse traps the sun’s warmth. The main
greenhouse gases (provide same linkage to the text as shown above) in our atmosphere
are water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O),
ozone (O3) and halocarbons (CFCs, HFCs, etc.). Without these greenhouse gases,
the sun’s heat would escape from the atmosphere, and the temperature of the
Earth would drop, making it too cold to support life as we know it.
Human
activities – particularly the burning of fossil fuels – have resulted
in significant quantities of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere.
They remain in the atmosphere for long periods of time and intensify the natural
greenhouse effect. Source: Centre for Research and Information on Canada
(CRIC)
The
Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to take action on climate change
negotiated by more than 160 countries in December 1997. Under the terms of the
agreement, industrialized countries undertook to reduce their collective emissions
of the six most important greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 5.2 percent below 1990 levels
by the period 2008-2012.* Canada was an active participant in the negotiations
and, as a signatory to the Protocol, has made a commitment to reduce its GHG emissions
to 6 percent below 1990 levels by the same period.
The
Kyoto Protocol presents a significant challenge for Canada’s economy. Reaching
our target will require major changes in the way we produce and use energy at
home, work and on the road. But there will also be opportunities through the development
of energy-efficient products, services and technologies.
There
are six greenhouse gases covered under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the international
convention on climate change: Read
More Source: Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC)
Canadian
Women's Internet Directory Links users with Canadian women's equality online resources including women's
organizations, campaigns, activism, creativity, services, research and policy
issues
Women's
Health Matters Resource Database Searchable
bilingual database of women’s health resources for consumers & health
professionals; provides women with information about where to find women’s
health resources to support their health-care decision-making. Users can search
the database using a variety of criteria to retrieve results that contain standardized
descriptions of reviewed resources.
Rabble.ca Interactive magazine combining the hot energy of activism with the cool
eye of journalism
Status
of Women Canada(SWC) - Federal gov't agency which promotes gender
equality, & full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural
& political life of the country. Information on gender-based analysis, women’s
program, research & publications, key dates & resources, tools for
women’s equality work.
Voluntary
Sector Initiative (VSI) Joint initiative to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary sector
& to enhance the relationship between the Sector & the Government of Canada.
United
Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
Info about DAW, the Expert Group Meetings on information & communication technologies
(ICT), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW), Beijing+5 & follow-up processes, & the Commission on the
Status of Women UN CSW)
PeaceWomen.org seeks to nurture communication among a diversity of women's organizations
by providing an accurate information exchange between peacewomen around the world
and the UN system
Through
the Looking Glass National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities
providing direct services, training, materials & research concerning
families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability or medical issue
UNPAC
Women & Economy Project
Website devoted to women's experiences in the economy Stats, articles, and activities
on women and globalization, childcare, paid and unpaid work, the wage gap, economics
101, economic alternatives, women and poverty, and more. Features personal stories
of 30 women including a number of women living with disabilities.
