gender-based violence

Facebook should ban posts by so-called anti-vaxxers in order to protect children against measles and other contagious diseases, says a British Columbia mother who launched a petition urging parents to start home schooling if they're against immunization.

Canadian politicians are banding together to address harassment, abuse and discrimination in sports, but details on their plans remain slim.

The federal Liberals are turning to a broad group of officials — from provinces, territories, Indigenous groups and medical organizations — for solutions to mounting allegations from Indigenous women that they were victims of coerced and forced sterilizations.

Forty days ago, a woman returned to her home on Nova Scotia's We'koqma'q First Nation to find her 22-year-old daughter, Cassidy Bernard — a new mother of infant twins — dead.

A Commons committee that spent over a year looking at economic barriers facing Canadian women has released a sweeping list of recommendations it believes could provide a path toward full equality for women.

When G7 finance and international development ministers convene in British Columbia next week, Canada hopes the meetings will generate fresh ideas on how aid money can be leveraged to entice the private sector to boost investments in poorer parts of the world.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being asked to raise the concerns of marginalized women — and not just female business leaders — when he champions gender equality around the G7 table at a resort in La Malbaie, Que., in June.

The federal government tabled a proposed new bill Tuesday to tighten the sale and tracking of firearms, only to find itself under attack from both sides: gun owners wary of burdensome regulation and shooting victims who say the bill doesn't go far enough.

The federal government will announce funding of $3 million for a project aimed at eradicating female genital mutilation in West Africa.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says men must do more to put an end to gender-based violence against women and girls.

Canada is giving Bangladesh extra money to help it cope with the influx of Rohingya Muslims fleeing neighbouring Myanmar.

The Liberal government is launching its long-awaited strategy on gender-based violence on Monday, June 19, 2017.