Party Leaders Pledge Support for Women's Rights

Will wonders never cease.

Of course given the history of the Liberals and Conservatives around the matter of woman's rights that this pledge isn't worth the paper it's written on.

And after all Harper all ready said he would renege on lesbian rights to get married. And he opposes a National Day Care program. So whats left for him to support?

Major Federal Party Leaders Pledge Support for Women's Human Rights

    OTTAWA, Jan. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Feminist Alliance for
International Action (FAFIA), a strategic alliance of women's and human rights
groups, is pleased to announce that all five major federal parties have
pledged their support to uphold women's human rights in Canada in the next
Parliament.
FAFIA gave party leaders until 12 p.m. E.S.T. today to respond to their
invitation to sign a statement regarding their plans to uphold Canada's
equality commitments to women.
Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Québecois, Jack Layton of the New Democratic
Party, Jim Harris of the Green Party, Paul Martin of the Liberal Party, and
Stephen Harper of the Conservative Party all pledged their commitment. These
leaders have said that once elected, they will take immediate and concrete
measures to ensure that Canada fully upholds its equality commitments to
women. To view the letters from the leaders, visit http://www.fafia-
afai.org/abo/news/leaders_pledge.php.
Campaign pledges represent the first phase of FAFIA's year-long campaign
to promote Canada's full implementation of its commitments to women under
international human rights treaties.
In addition to seeking public support from federal party leaders, women
in communities across Canada have been urging local candidates to do the same,
to date obtaining more than 70 pledges. A list tracking candidates who sign
the pledge is available at: List of Candidates who have Signed the CEDAW Pledge

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of Canada's ratification of the most
comprehensive treaty on women's human rights: The U.N. Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Canada was
among the first countries to sign the treaty in 1980.
According to reviews conducted by the United Nations, Canada's
performance on its equality commitments is lagging. Women in Canada who work
full-time still earn, on average, 71% of what men earn. Poverty rates for
single mothers and women of colour remain very high. Aboriginal women continue
to confront many human rights abuses. Women also suffer from a lack of access
to employment insurance, civil legal aid, and front-line anti-violence
services.

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Vote Marriage Canada announces fifty pro-marriage candidates
 in the Prairie Provinces and the N.W.T.
Each candidate we endorse has taken a stand and given clear
indication of supporting marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman
in the next Parliament. Each Member of Parliament endorsed voted against Bill
C-38 and opposed the change in the legal definition of marriage in the last
Parliament. Each candidate we endorse has taken a stand and given clear
indication of supporting marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman
in the next Parliament."

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