Human Rights / Status of Women Committee

What does the Human Rights / Status of Women Committee do?

The Human Rights / Status of Women Committee advances and promotes general awareness of OSSTF policies as they relate to Human Rights and the Status of Women, specifically:

1. attitudes against violence directed at women through the "White Ribbon" campaign in all branches;
2. global understanding of the plight of women in Canada and the Third World, in particular through support of Colombian Refugee women;
3. violence and harassment free working conditions through our observer status on  TVDSB's ad-hoc committee on GLTB youth.

The Human Rights /Status of Women Committee holds Action Resource Parties to distribute and discuss new Human Rights resources for schools; the branch/BU must send a representative to the meeting to receive the resource.

The mandate of the Human Rights / Status of Women Committee is outlined in the District Constitution.

2007-2008 Action Resource Launch Party Dates

• Wednesday, October 17, 2007
• Tuesday, November 13, 2007
• Tuesday, December 11, 2007
• Tuesday, January 22, 2008
• Tuesday, April 8, 2008
• Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Human Rights Links

• Aids Committee of London - Cass Wender, Needle Exchange Coordinator
• Excerpts from the Ontario Human Rights Code
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
  • Making a Human Rights Complaint
  • Public Education: "Developing a Culture of Human Rights"
• Link to Provincial Human Rights Committee
  • Links to Human Rights websites
• OSSTF Curriculum Package: Common Threads (Globalization, Sweatshops and the Clothes We Wear)
• United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service
• Breaking Bread for Women in Afghanistan Initiative
• The Stephen Lewis Foundation: Easing the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa
  • Transcript of the interview with Stephen Lewis on CBC's Hot Type
  • Part 1 of Stephen Lewis's Massey Lecture 2005: Race Against Time
• www.march21.com
  Lesson plans and resources for teachers and students to support the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• Warchild.ca
• Leaders Today
• Kids Can Free the Children
• Maquila Solidarity Network
• MediaRights.Org
• Human Rights and Global Connection
• Organizations and Web Sites for Global Justice
• Canadian Aid for Southern Sudan
• London Association for the Elimination of Hate
• Public Service PRIDE Network
  • Le Réseau de la FIERTÉ de la fonction publique
• Make Poverty History
• Resources and Publications from Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC
• The Centre for Social Concern

Status Of Women Links

• Link to Provincial OSSTF Status of Women Committee
  • Links to Status of Women websites
• White Ribbon Campaign
• International Women's Day (March 8)
• Breaking Bread for Women in Afghanistan Initiative
• Ontario Women's Directorate
  • Resources for Students and Teachers
• A Digital History of Canadian Poetry
  Making (a) Difference: reading and writing women
• Education: Woman Abuse Prevention 

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