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• Perte soudaine d’une grande militante des droits des femmes handicapées - Maria Barile (1953-2013) July 29

  Perte soudaine d’une grande militante des droits des femmes handicapées - Maria Barile (1953-2013) 26 juillet 2013 (Montréal) - C’est avec une immense tristesse que nous avons appris le décès prématuré de Maria Barile survenu ce 24 juillet en soirée… Read more of Perte soudaine d’une grande militante des droits des femmes handicapées - Maria Barile (1953-2013)

• La vie de Mirlande Demers, présidente d'une organisation de recherche pour femmes, honorée par ses pairs suite à son décès survenu le 18 juin 2008 July 17

  OTTAWA, le 16 juillet 2008 ? Mirlande Demers, présidente de l'Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes (ICREF), est décédée subitement à l'âge de 26 ans, le 18 juin 2008 en Indonésie. Ses funérailles ont eu lieu le 5 juillet… Read more of La vie de Mirlande Demers, présidente d'une organisation de recherche pour femmes, honorée par ses pairs suite à son décès survenu le 18 juin 2008

• The Life of Mirlande Demers, President of a National Women's Research Organization, Honoured by her Peers Following Her Death on June 18, 2008 July 17

  OTTAWA, July 16, 2008 Mirlande Demers, President of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) died suddenly at the age of 26, June 18th 2008, in Indonesia. Her funeral was held on the morning of July 5th… Read more of The Life of Mirlande Demers, President of a National Women's Research Organization, Honoured by her Peers Following Her Death on June 18, 2008

• Feminist Icon Andrea Dworkin Dies April 11, 2005 April 14

  Andrea Dworkin, 1946-2005The American feminist icon, writer and campaigner Andrea Dworkin, who linked pornography to rape and violence, died at the weekend, her agent said today. She was 59 years old. Her radical-feminist critique of pornography began with her first… Read more of Feminist Icon Andrea Dworkin Dies April 11, 2005

• Joke Blom, The Netherlands, Died January 25, 2004 February 9

  Joke Blom, The Netherlands, Died January 25, 2004Joke (pron. Yokay) died suddenly on Sunday January 25th 2004 at her home in Amsterdam. As Executive Director of the International Archives for the Women?s Movement (IIAV) in Amsterdam from 1995-2004, Joke transformed… Read more of Joke Blom, The Netherlands, Died January 25, 2004

• In Memoriam: Joan Meister - Oct 12, 1950 - Jan 10, 2004 January 16

  In Memoriam: Joan Meister - Oct 12, 1950 - Jan 10, 2004Courageous. Outspoken. Visionary. Spiritual.Joan Meister embodied all of these qualities and more. Encountering Joan was, for many of us who knew her in real time or virtually, a life-altering… Read more of In Memoriam: Joan Meister - Oct 12, 1950 - Jan 10, 2004

• Sylvia Gelber, 1910-2003 December 16

  Sylvia Gelber, 1910-200393 years old, Sylva Malka Gelber, whose years of activism in pre-Israel Palestine eventually propelled her to be the first director of the Canadian Department of Labour's Women's Bureau, died on December 9th, 2003, of complications from a… Read more of Sylvia Gelber, 1910-2003

• Sharon Capeling-Alakija, November 4, 2003 November 7

  Sharon Capeling-Alakija, November 4, 2003Remembering a Life of ServiceSharon Capeling-Alakija, former Executive Director of UNIFEM, died on 4th November 2003 in Bonn, Germany after a long and courageous battle with cancer. IWTC joins women worldwide in mourning her untimely death.Serving… Read more of Sharon Capeling-Alakija, November 4, 2003

• Lyallen Hayes, Executive Director of Ottawa Interval House, Ottawa, ON July 8

  Lyallen Hayes, Executive Director of Ottawa Interval House, Ottawa, ONLyallen Hayes died on Monday, June 30, 2003, in a car accident.There was a celebration of her life this Saturday, July 5 at 3pm at the Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12… Read more of Lyallen Hayes, Executive Director of Ottawa Interval House, Ottawa, ON

• Rosemary Brown, April 26, 2003, at 72 April 28

  Rosemary Brown, April 26, 2003, at 72Rosemary Brown, feminist activist and the first black woman to be elected to political office in Canada, died on in Vancouver of an apparent heart attack on April 26, 2003. She was 72.Brown Was… Read more of Rosemary Brown, April 26, 2003, at 72