[news] Women's group closes after losing its funding

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Les Whittington | Toronto Star | Sep 21, 2007

Women's rights advocates accused the Harper government of ignoring their struggle for equality after a leading women's group closed its doors because of a lack of federal funding.

NAWL [National Association of Women and the Law] lost its funding of $300,000 a year after government spending cuts announced last fall. Despite a $13 billion budget surplus, the government slashed outlays for women's advocacy projects and eliminated the Court Challenges Program, which funded legal actions by rights advocates.

"How can we ... say we are promoting rights for women in Afghanistan when our government is forcing women's organizations to close?"

  


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